kubber

English

Etymology

From Hindi ख़बर (xabar) / Urdu خَبَر (xabar), from Persian خبر, from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar). Doublet of gabber.

Noun

kubber (uncountable)

1. (India, archaic) News.
   • 1869, The Broadway, page 44:

     “The kubber is good, Sahib,” replied the veteran, […]

Alternative forms

• khabar, khabbar, khubber

Related terms

• khabardaar

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “kubber”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 494.
• “Kubber” in [John Camden Hotten], The Slang Dictionary […], 5th edition, London: Chatto and Windus, 1874, page 211.