خبير

Arabic

Etymology

خ ب ر (ḵ-b-r)

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /xa.biːr/

Adjective

خَبِير • (ḵabīr)

1. knowing
2. aware
3. experienced
4. well-informed

Noun

خَبِير • (ḵabīr) m

1. expert
2. consultant

Proper noun

الخَبِير • (al-ḵabīr) m

1. (Islam) Al-Khabir, "the All Aware", one of the names of God in Islam

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “خبير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خبير”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خبير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen