خبرنگار · خَبَر — reporter, journalist
Persian coinageCertainnoun · Work & money · everyday
Built in Persian from Arabic parts. Arabic doesn't say it this way.
Arabic
خَبَر
khabar/xabar/
In Arabic
news, report
Arabic says: مُرَاسِل murāsil
Persian
خبرنگار
xabarnegār/xæbærneɡɒr/
In Persian
reporter, journalist
- Root
- خ ب ر
Note. Arabic khabar + Persian -negār 'news-writer'. An Arabic speaker says murāsil (correspondent) or ṣaḥafī.
Spelling. Arabic khabar + Persian -negār 'writer'.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr