خطير

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ط ر (ḵ-ṭ-r).

Adjective

خَطِير (ḵaṭīr) (feminine خَطِيرَة (ḵaṭīra), elative أَخْطَر (ʾaḵṭar))

  1. great
  2. high
  3. powerful and respected
  4. of high rank
  5. important, weighty
  6. dangerous, risky

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), خطير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), خطر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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