AboutBehzad Expertise I can answer questions about the usage and meaning of Persian words, proverbs, and idioms asked in Persian or English. Controversial grammatical issues are beyond my knowledge. In addition, I cannot corroborate my answer to a question about newly coined slang words.
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Experience Persian language is my mother tongue; however, my knowledge is remarkably more than a mere native speaker.
Many thanks again for the excellent recent answer.
I was wondering about the suffix خوار – is it always possible to replace it with the shorter خور? I suppose this must affect the pronunciation?
For “ghoul” my dictionary gives both مردهخوار and مردهخور, for example.
I know that خوار also has the meaning of “despised, contemptible, abject” as in خوار شمردن – to hold in contempt, despise. Can this خوار also be shortened to خور?
All the best, and many thanks,
Simon
Answer Dear Simon,
خوار (kha:r) as a suffix means eater, and خور (khor) is its informal version. It seems strange to me to see a word with suffix خور in formal writing.
خوار which means contemptible does not have informal shortened form.
Best regards,
Behzad
