آخور

See also: أجوز and أجور

Persian

Alternative forms

• آخُر (âxor)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾhwl /⁠āxwarr⁠/, “manger; stable”). Compare Northern Kurdish axur, afirr, Central Kurdish ئاخوڕ (axurr), Pashto آخور (āxor, “manger, trough; stable, stall”) and Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian ախոռ (axoṙ), Georgian ახორი (axori), ახური (axuri), Classical Syriac ܐܟܘܪ (ʾāḵwar). The Iranian word literally means “a place for eating” and ultimately goes back to Proto-Iranian *hwar- (“to eat, consume”), on which see خوردن (xwardan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈxʷaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.xʊ́ɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.xʊ́ɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.xʊ́ɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.ˈxuɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.xóɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.χúɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	āxwar
Dari reading?	āxur
Iranian reading?	âxor
Tajik reading?	oxur

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Noun

Dari	آخور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	охур

آخور • (âxor) (plural آخورها (âxor-hâ))

1. manger, crib
2. stall
3. stable

   Synonyms: طویله (tavile), اصطبل (establ), آخورگاه (âxorgâh), آغل (âğol), (Dari) منگر

Derived terms

• آخورسالار (âxorsâlâr)
• آخورچه (âxorče)
• آخورچوب (âxorčub)
• آخورچی (âxorči)
• آخورگاه (âxorgâh)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: axur
• → Chagatai: [script needed] (axor)
• → Gulf Arabic: ياخور (yāḵūr)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: आख़ोर (āxor)

  Urdu: آخور (āxor)

• → Ottoman Turkish: آخور (ahur, ahır)
  • Turkish: ahır, (dialectal) ahor, ahar
  • → Albanian: ahur
  • → Armenian: ախըռ (axəṙ)
  • → Bulgarian: яхъ́р (jahǎ́r)
  • → Crimean Tatar: ahır
  • → Greek: αχούρι (achoúri)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ахар / ahar

References

• “ˀkwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “آخور”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “āxwarr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ախոռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 99a

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آخور (āxwar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.xoːɾ/
• Rhymes: -oːɾ

Noun

آخور • (āxor) m (Hindi spelling आख़ोर)

1. filth, refuse, rubbish
2. fodder of a horse
3. stable

Adjective

آخور • (āxor) (Hindi spelling आख़ोर)

1. worthless, useless

References

• “آخور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “آخور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Yidgha

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu آخور (āxor), from Persian آخور (âxor).

Noun

آخور (āxor)

1. cattle feeding place

References

https://fli-online.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Yidgha-Wordlist.pdf