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Arabic dictionary

Dictionary Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (1889)

Entry خير

خَارَ (ي)(n. ac. خَيْر [ ]) a. Obtained an advantage, a favour; was good; did well. b. [La], Did good to; was favourable, propitious to. c.(n. ac. خِيْرَة خِيَر خِيَرَة) [acc. & 'Ala], Preferred to, before. خَيَّرَ a. [acc. & 'Ala], Preferred, regarded as better than. b. [acc. or Fī], Gave the choice or option of. خَاْيَرَa. Strove to excel in goodness, excellence. b. see II (b) تَخَيَّرَإِخْتَيَرَa. Chose; preferred. إِسْتَخْيَرَa. Asked, sought after that which is good, or the best. خَيْر (pl. خِيَار [] أَخْيَار [] ) a. Good, excellent. b. (pl. خُيُوْر [خُيُوْر]), Good; goodness, excellence; good thing: prosperity good fortune, wellbeing; good action or quality. c. see 14 خَيْرَة [] a. see 1 (b)b. Good woman. c. see 14 خَيْرِيَّة [] a. Goodness. b. Good fortune, happiness. c. Advantage. d. Option. خَيْرa. Generosity, kindheartedness, liberality. b. Eminence, noble origin, nobility. خِيْرَة [] خِيَرَة [] a. The best, choice, elite of. b. Favour, grace, blessing. أَخْيَر [] a. Better, best. خِيَارa. Choice, option. b. P. Cucumber. خَيِّرa. Good, excellent. b. Generous, liberal. مْخَيَّر a. Having freedom of choice. إِخْتِيَار a. Choice, option; free-will. b. Old man. إِخْتِيَارَة a. Old woman. إِخْتِيَارِيّ a. Free, voluntary; spontaneous. خِيَارشَنْبَر P. a. Cassia-tree.