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حبر

Pronunciation: /ħibr/

“حبر” is an Arabic word. Its 18 meanings in English:

noun

  1. ink
  2. beauty
  3. a scholar (especially one that is highly regarded and respected by a certain group and is deemed to be an authority)
  4. the Scholar (one of the titles and designations of Ibn Abbas, one of companions of Muhammad)
  5. a bishop
  6. a rabbi
  7. an esteemed authoritative theologian, an imam

verb

  1. to make happy; to elate
  2. to ink, to fill, cover, smear, mark, write, draw, illustrate, or outline with ink
  3. to write
  4. to improve the overall quality of (a text, a performance, a skill, and so on), to refine, to polish; to perfect
  5. to improve in aspect or appearance, to make visually pleasing, to deck, to decorate, to ornament
  6. to pattern (a garment); to embroider
  7. to be or become glad or happy, to cheer up, to brighten
  8. to become discolored (as if stained with ink), to become dark, to yellow
  9. to write (especially in an elegant style), to compose
  10. to better or improve in quality, appearance, etc. to enhance; to polish up; to perfect
  11. to prettify; to bedeck, to adorn

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܚܒܪܐ (ḥeḇrā, “ink”), from the root ܚ ܒ ܪ related to darkness. Merged with the root ح ب ر (ḥ b r).

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