خوره

See also: جوزة and حوزه

Persian

Etymology 1

From خور (xor, present stem of خوردن (xordan, “to eat”)) +‎ ـه (-e).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xʷa.ˈɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.ɾǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.ɾǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊ.ɾǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu.ɾǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xo.ɹé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χu.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xwara
Dari reading?	xura
Iranian reading?	xore
Tajik reading?	xura

Noun

خوره • (xore) (plural خوره‌ها (xore-hâ))

1. leprosy

   Synonym: جذام (jozâm)

2. (idiomatic) obsession, fascination (for something, e.g. a hobby)
3. (obsolete) Any serious disease considered to "eat away" at the patient, not just leprosy.
   • c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, کشکول‎^[1]:

     حکومت حجاج بر عراق بیست سال طول کشید. و آخرین کسی را که بکشت سعید بن جبیر بود. در آخر کار به خوره‌ی شکم مبتلا شد.

     hukūmat-i hajjāj bar irāq bīst sāl tūl kašīd. u āxarīn kasē rā ki bikušt sa'īd bin-i jabīr būd. dar āxar-i kār ba xwara-yi šikam mubtalā šud.

     Al-Hajjāj's government over Iraq lasted for twenty years, and the last person he killed was Sa'īd ibn Jabīr. In the end, he was afflicted with stomach cancer.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

• موخوره (muxore, “trichoptilosis”)

 

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (xwarrah, “divine glory, splendour”), a borrowing from Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵 (xᵛar^ənah). Doublet of فر (farr), which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xʷaɾ.ˈɾah]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊr.rǽʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊr.rǽʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊr.rǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xur.rǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xoɹ.ɹǽʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χuɾ.ɾǽʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xwarrah
Dari reading?	xurrah
Iranian reading?	xorrah
Tajik reading?	xurrah

Noun

خوره • (xorrah) (historical)

1. Khvarenah; synonym of فر (farr, “royal glory”).
2. One of five administrative divisions of Sasanian Iran.

Alternative forms

• خره (xorrah)