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آبخور

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Persian

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Etymology

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آب (âb, water) +‎ خور (xor, present stem of خوردن (xordan, to eat, to consume)), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠ābxwar⁠/).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? āḇxwar
Dari reading? ābxur
Iranian reading? âbxor
Tajik reading? obxür

Noun

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Dari آبخور
Iranian Persian
Tajik обхӯр

آبخور (âbxor)

  1. irrigable land
  2. watering place; spring of water
    Synonym: چشمه (češme)
  3. (shipbuilding) draft; draught (maximum depth of a ship in water)
  4. (figurative) destiny; fate
    Synonyms: سرنوشت (sarnevešt), تقدیر (taqdir), قسمت (qesmat), بخت (baxt)