ਅਖਬਾਰ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ਅਖ਼ਬਾਰ (axabār)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اخبار (axbār), from Arabic أَخْبَار (ʔaḵbār), plural of خَبَر (ḵabar, “report, news”). Doublet of ਖਬਰ (khabar), borrowed from the Arabic singular. Compare Hindi अख़बार (axbār).

Noun

ਅਖਬਾਰ • (akhabār) f (Shahmukhi spelling اخبار)

1. newspaper, newsletter, bulletin

Derived terms

• ਅਖਬਾਰ ਨਵੀਸ m (akhabār navīs, “journalist”)

Further reading

• “ਅਖਬਾਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025