खर

खर ?

1. donkey
2. water

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खर • (khára)

1. hard, harsh, rough, sharp, pungent, acid

   Antonyms: मृदु (mṛdu), श्लक्ष्ण (ślakṣṇa)

2. solid

   Antonym: द्रव (drava).

3. dense (clouds).
4. sharp, hot (wind).
5. hurtful, injurious, cutting (as speech or word).
6. sharp-edged.
7. cruel.

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰáras.

खर • (khára) m

1. donkey (so called from his cry).
2. mule
3. osprey
4. heron
5. crow
6. thorny plant (sort of prickly nightshade (Solanum torvum) or perhaps camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum L.))
7. name of a fragrant substance.
8. quadrangular mound of earth for receiving the sacrificial vessels (compare ἐσχάρα).
9. a place arranged for building a house upon.
10. name of the 25th year of the sixty years' बृहस्पति cycle.
11. दैत्य or demon
12. name of the असुर धेनुक.
13. name of a रक्षस् slain by राम (younger brother of रावण).
14. name of an attendant of the Sun (= धर्म).
15. name of a रुद्र
16. ‘a she-mule’ » खरी-वात्सल्य.
17. name of one of the mothers in स्कन्द's retinue.

• Hindi: खरा (kharā)
• Telugu: ఖరము (kharamu)

• Monier Williams (1899), “खर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page {{{1}}}.