ح و ر

See also: ح ي ر

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Aramaic חור, ܚ ܘ ܪ (ḥ-w-r), Ge'ez ሐ ወ ረ (ḥ-w-r), Old South Arabian 𐩢𐩥𐩧 (ḥwr).

Root

ح و ر • (ḥ-w-r)

1. changing one’s ambiance to another, creating a contrast

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: حَارَ (ḥāra, “to return; to change the state, to be converted”)
  • Verbal noun: حَوْر (ḥawr)
  • Active participle: حَائِر (ḥāʔir)
• Form I: حَارَ (ḥāra, “to be white”)
  • Verbal noun: حَوَر (ḥawar)
  • Active participle: ?
• Form II: حَوَّرَ (ḥawwara, “to make return; to alter, to modify; to turn about, to twist, to roll; to whiten, to bleach”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحْوِير (taḥwīr)
  • Active participle: مُحَوِّر (muḥawwir)
  • Passive participle: مُحَوَّر (muḥawwar)
• Form III: حَاوَرَ (ḥāwara, “to talk to”)
  • Verbal noun: مُحَاوَرَة (muḥāwara)
  • Active participle: مُحَاوِر (muḥāwir)
  • Passive participle: مُحَاوَر (muḥāwar)
• Form IV: أَحَارَ (ʔaḥāra, “to return”)
  • Verbal noun: إِحَارَة (ʔiḥāra)
  • Active participle: مُحِير (muḥīr)
  • Passive participle: مُحَار (muḥār)
• Form V: تَحَوَّرَ (taḥawwara, “to be changed, to transition, to mutate”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحَوُّر (taḥawwur)
  • Active participle: مُتَحَوِّر (mutaḥawwir)
• Form VI: تَحَاوَرَ (taḥāwara, “to discuss, to hold a colloquy”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحَاوُر (taḥāwur)
  • Active participle: مُتَحَاوِر (mutaḥāwir)
• Form IX: اِحْوَرَّ (iḥwarra, “to become white; to be white”)
  • Verbal noun: اِحْوِرَار (iḥwirār)
  • Active participle: مُحْوَرّ (muḥwarr)
• Form X: اِسْتَحَارَ (istaḥāra, “to desire to speak”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِحَارَة (istiḥāra)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَحِير (mustaḥīr)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَحَار (mustaḥār)

Nouns

• حُوَار m (ḥuwār, “young camel not yet weaned”)
• حَارَة f (ḥāra, “quarter of a city”)
• مِحْوَر m (miḥwar, “axis; dough roller”)
• حَوِير m (ḥawīr, “answer, reply”)
• مَحَارَة f (maḥāra, “thing in which a return is made; conch, mussel; palate”)

Adjectives

• أَحْوَر (ʔaḥwar, “white”)

References

• “ḥwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “ح و ر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 439–441
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ح و ر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 665–667
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ح و ر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 302–303