khubor

Khasi

Etymology

From Classical Persian خبر (xabar), from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar), likely borrowed through a neighboring Indo-Aryan language such as Hindi ख़बर (xabar), Sylheti ꠈꠛꠞ (xóbor), Assamese খবৰ (khobor) or Bengali খবর (khobor). Also compare Odia ଖବର (khôbôrô​), Nepali खबर (khabar), Gujarati ખબર (khabar), Punjabi ਖ਼ਬਰ (xabar), Marathi खबर (khabar), Kannada ಖಬರು (khabaru), Telugu కబురు (kaburu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰubor/

Noun

khubor f

1. news, tidings

   Khubor Babha ― the Good News, the Gospel

References

• Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary‎^[1], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 36. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.