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Meaning of خوره | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
xʷa.ˈra

Definitions

  1. leprosy
  2. Khvarenah; synonym of فر (farr, “royal glory”)
    historical
  3. obsession, fascination (for something, e.g. a hobby)
    idiomatic
  4. One of five administrative divisions of Sasanian Iran.
    historical
  5. Any serious disease considered to "eat away" at the patient, not just leprosy.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“حکومت حجاج بر عراق بیست سال طول کشید. و آخرین کسی را که بکشت سعید بن جبیر بود. در آخر کار به خورهی شکم مبتلا شد.”

Al-Hajjāj's government over Iraq lasted for twenty years, and the last person he killed was Sa'īd ibn Jabīr. In the end, he was afflicted with stomach cancer.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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