مخبر

Arabic

Root
خ ب ر (ḵ-b-r)

Pronunciation

• (noun 1): IPA^(key): /max.bar/
• (noun 2): IPA^(key): /mux.bir/

Etymology 1

Noun

مَخْبَر • (maḵbar) m (plural مَخابِر (maḵābir))

1. Synonym of مُخْتَبَر (muḵtabar, “laboratory”)

Etymology 2

Active participle of أَخْبَرَ (ʔaḵbara, “to inform, to notify; to communicate, to report”).

Noun

مُخْبِر • (muḵbir) m (plural مُخْبِرُون (muḵbirūn), feminine مُخْبِرة (muḵbira))

1. informant, informer

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: müxbir
• → Crimean Tatar: mühbir
• → Northern Kurdish: muxbîr
• → Ottoman Turkish: مخبر (muḫbir)

  > Turkish: muhbir (inherited)

• → Uyghur: مۇخبىر (muxbir)
• → Uzbek: muxbir