# خور
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1
#### Verb

خَوِرَ • (ḵawira) I (non-past يَخْوَرُ (yaḵwaru), verbal noun خَوَر (ḵawar))
* to dwindle, to lose strength, to become weak or weaker
* to languish
* to gradually disappear
* to cease functioning, to break down
* to grow tired, to lose vigour
* to be extinguished
* to be/become limp
* to lose lustre
* to become slack, relaxed, not tense or tight
* to relent, to give way, to succumb to temptation

##### Alternative forms

* خَارَ (ḵāra)

### Etymology 1.2
#### Verb

خَوَّرَ • (ḵawwara) II (non-past يُخَوِّرُ (yuḵawwiru), verbal noun تَخْوِير (taḵwīr))
* to attribute weakness to, to call feeble

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.3
#### Noun

خَوَر • (ḵawar) m
* verbal noun of خَوِرَ (ḵawira) (form I)
* weakness, fatigue, languor

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Compare the frequent Aramaic חוֹרָא / ܚܘܿܪܴܐ (ḥōrā, “hole”), Hebrew חֹר (ḥōr, “hole”), Akkadian 𒆢𒁕 (/⁠ḫurru⁠/). Compare also Old Armenian խոր (xor).

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /xawr/

#### Noun

خَوْر • (ḵawr) m (plural أَخْوَار (ʔaḵwār))
* an inlet (e.g. estuary, lagoon, creek, bay)
    خور دبي ― Khawr Dubayy ― Dubai Creek
    خور العديد ― Khawr al-ʿUdayd ― Inland Sea
* a coastal lake or pond
    خور البليد ― Khawr al-Balīd ― Al-Baleed Lake
* (Sudan) a wadi, ravine or canyon

##### Descendants

* → Swahili: hori

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

خُور • (ḵūr) pl
* plural of خَوَّار (ḵawwār)

### References

* Corriente, Federico (2005) “خور”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎ (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 336

## Ottoman Turkish
### Alternative forms

* خوار (har, hor)

### Etymology

From Persian خوار (xvâr).

### Adjective

خور • (hor)
* despicable, abject, vile
* (in compounds) eating, consuming, receiving, undergoing
    مفت خور ― müft hor ― parasite
    مردوم خور ― merdüm hor ― cannibal
    میراث خور ― miras hor ― heir
    كیاه خور ― kiyah hor ― herbivore
    كوشت خور ― küşt hor ― carnivore
    خور گورمك ― hor görmek ― to despise, to vilify
    خور طوتمق ― hor tutmak ― to despise, to vilify
    خورپرست ― hor-perest ― sun-adorer, who wants to expose himself to the sun much

#### Descendants

* Turkish: hor
* → Armenian: խոռ (xoṙ)

### References

* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “خور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 1967

## Pashto
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hwáhā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swásā, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xor/

### Noun

خور • (xor) f
* sister

#### Declension
## Persian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *húHar, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHar, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [xʷaɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xʊɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xʊɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [xʊɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [xuɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [xoɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [χuɾ]

#### Noun

خور • (xor, xwar)
* sun

##### Related terms

* خورشید (xoršid, “sun, sunshine”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خَوْر (ḵawr, “bay, inlet, cove, canyon”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [xawɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xäwɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xäwɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [xäwɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [xäwɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [xowɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [χäwɾ]

#### Noun

خور • (xowr)
* bay, estuary, cove

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

خور • (xor)
* present stem form of خوردن (xordan, “to eat”)

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

خور • (xavar) (dialectal)
* Sistan form of خبر (xabar, “news”)

#### References

* Ela Filippone (2011) “The Language of the Qorʾān-e Qods and its Sistanic Dialectal Background”, in M. Maggi, P. Orsatti, editors, The Persian Language in History‎, Wiesbaden: Reichert, pages 179-235