خضرا

Hijazi Arabic

Root
خ ض ر
1 term

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xadˤ.ra/

Noun

خَضْرا • (ḵaḍra) f (plural خَضْرات (ḵaḍrāt))

1. female equivalent of أخضر (ʔaḵḍar, “green”)

Adjective

خَضْرا • (ḵaḍra) (feminine plural خَضْرات (ḵaḍrāt))

1. feminine of أخضر (ʔaḵḍar, “green”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَضْرَاء (ḵaḍrāʔ).

Adjective

خضرا • (hazrâ)

1. Arabic feminine singular and nonhuman plural of اخضر (ahzar, “green”)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خضرا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 852

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَضْرَاء (ḵaḍrāʔ), feminine singular of أَخْضَر (ʔaḵḍar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xaz.ɾɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäz.ɾɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäz.ɾɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xäz.ɾɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xäz.ɾɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæz.ɹɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χäz.ɾɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xazrā
Dari reading?	xazrā
Iranian reading?	xazrâ
Tajik reading?	xazro

Adjective

Dari	خضرا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хазро

خضرا • (xazrâ)

1. (reserved for feminine or nonhuman plural nouns) green

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خضرا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim