خفر

Meaning

Verb

to watch, to guard, to protect

Noun

verbal noun of خَفَرَ (ḵafara, “to watch, to protect”) (form I): watching, guarding

Noun

guard detachment, escort

Noun

verbal noun of خَفَر (ḵafar, “to be shy”) (form I): shyness, timidity

Adj

shy, timid, embarrassed

Concepts

escort

guard

💂

guarding

protect

shyness

watch

⌚

watching

be shy

be timid

Pronounced as (IPA)

/xa.fa.ra/

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḫapar-. Compare Biblical Hebrew חָפַר (ḥɔp̄ar, “to survey, to spy out”).