أفخر

See also: أفجر and افجر

Arabic

Etymology

Elative of فَاخِر (fāḵir, proud, boastful, magnificent) and فَخُور (faḵūr, proud, boastful), from the root ف خ ر (f-ḵ-r).

Adjective

أَفْخَر (ʾafḵar)

  1. elative degree of فَاخِر (fāḵir), elative degree of فَخُور (faḵūr):
    1. prouder, more boastful; proudest, most boastful
  2. elative degree of فَاخِر (fāḵir):
    1. more outstanding, more excellent, more magnificent; most outstanding, most excellent, most magnificent
    2. more precious, more costly; most precious, most costly
    3. more delightful, more delicious; most delightful, most delicious
    4. more luxurious; most luxurious

Declension

References

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