Where does “ख़बर” come from?

ख़बर (Hindi) comes from Persian خبر, from Arabic خَبَر — news, information.

ख़बर (Hindi): news; information, intelligence, knowledge;...

Definitions

  1. news; information, intelligence, knowledge;...

Ancestry of “ख़बर”, step by step

ख़बर traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian خبر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianخبرnews; information, intelligence, knowledge
2Arabicخَبَرnews, information

via Classical Persian خبر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianخبر—

Words derived from “ख़बर”

Every word from Arabic خَبَر →Every word from Persian خبر →