سخر

العربية

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سخر^¹

/sa.xi.ra/

verb سَخِرَ · saḵira · يَسْخَرُ · سُخْرِيَّة · سَخَر · سَخْر

to mock, to taunt, to ridicule زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَيَسۡخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوۡا۟ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَـٰمَةِ وَٱللَّهُ يَرۡزُقُ مَن يَشَاۤءُ بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٍ

سخر^²

/sax.xa.ra/

verb سَخَّرَ · saḵḵara · يُسَخِّرُ · تَسْخِير · مُسَخِّر

to subject, make subservient (ه = s.o. s.th., ل = to or for the purpose of) أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلۡفُلۡكَ تَجۡرِي فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِأَمۡرِهِ
to impose
to make serviceable (ه = s.th., ل = to), employ, utilize, use, harness, turn to profitable account (ه = s.th., ل = for), make use (ه = of s.o. / s.th., ل = for)
to exploit (ه = s.o. / s.th., ل = for)

سخر^³

/sa.xar/

noun سَخَر · saḵar · السَّخَر · سَخَرٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of سَخِرَ (saḵira) (form I)

سخر^⁴

/saxr/
/suxr/
/su.xur/

noun سَخْر · سُخْر · سُخُر · saḵr · suḵr · suḵur

noun from verb, obsolete verbal noun of سَخِرَ (saḵira) (form I)

In English

taunt to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding
ridicule to make fun of someone
make fun of tease, ridicule

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {سخر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D8%AE%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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