Arabic

Pronunciation

Noun

خَطَر • ‎(ḵaṭar) m ‎(plural خَطَرَات ‎(ḵaṭarāt) or أَخْطَار ‎(ʾaḵṭār))

1. danger, risk, hazard, peril, jeopardy (عَلَى ‎(ʿalā) to)
2. calamity
3. seriousness
4. importance
5. eminence, nobility, excellence
6. rank, station

Declension

References

• “خطر” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “خطر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “خطر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Noun

خَطَر • ‎(ḵaṭar) m ‎(plural أَخْطَار ‎(ʾaḵṭār) or خِطَار ‎(ḵiṭār) or خُطُر ‎(ḵuṭur))

1. bet, wager, stake

Declension

References

• “خطر” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “خطر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Adjective

خَطِر • ‎(ḵaṭir) ‎(feminine خَطِرَة ‎(ḵaṭira), elative أَخْطَر ‎(ʾaḵṭar))

1. dangerous
2. risky
3. of high authority, highly considered
4. important, serious

Declension

Synonyms

• خَطِير ‎(ḵaṭīr)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “خطر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “خطر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 3

Noun

خُطُر • ‎(ḵuṭur) m pl

1. plural of خَطَر ‎(ḵaṭar)

Etymology 4

Adjective

خُطْر • ‎(ḵuṭr) m pl

1. masculine plural of خَطِير ‎(ḵaṭīr)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic خَطَر ‎(ḵaṭar).

Noun

خطر • ‎(xatar)

1. danger

Derived terms

• خطرناک