Rizwan Zubair

Root ف خ ر f-kh-r

Quranic citations in this entry: 3 · اردو

ف خ رf-kh-r

(ف) فَخَرَ يَفْخَرُ فَخْرًاfakhara yafkharu fakhran: to vaunt one's own greatness or that of one's forefathers, to boast. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)

فَخُوْرfakhūr (pattern فَعُوْلfaʿūl, intensive form (ṣīghat al-mubālaghah)): one who boasts much.

فَخَّارfakhkhār: baked clay, potsherd — so named because it rings when struck, as if it were boasting.

Form VI (tafāʿul) تَفَاخَرَ تَفَاخُرًاtafākhara tafākhuran: to vie with one another in boasting. Six times in the Quran: ﴿إِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُوْرٍ﴾ (Luqmān 31:18), ﴿مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ﴾ (Ar-Raḥmān 55:14), ﴿وَتَفَاخُرٌۢ بَيْنَكُمْ﴾ (Al-Ḥadīd 57:20).

Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِفْتَخَرَ يَفْتَخِرُ اِفْتِخَارًاiftakhara yaftakhiru iftikhāran: to boast; to take pride in something (this verb is not used in the Quran).

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