خَطَرٌ

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خَطَرٌ The being at the point of, or near to, destruction; [imminent danger; peril; jeopardy; risk; hazard;] and fear of perishing: pl. أَخْطَارٌ. You say, هُوَ عَلَى خَطَرٍ عَظِيمٍ He is [in a state of great peril, or] on the brink of destruction. And رَكْبُوا الأَخْطَارَ [They embarked in perilous undertakings; or braved perils]. [And أَمْرُ لَهُ خَطَرٌ and ذُو خَطَرٍ A perilous affair or event or case: and hence, a momentous, or an important, affair or event or case; an affair, or event,. or a case, of moment or importance or magnitude: see also خَطِيرٌ.] And خَطَرٌ [alone] signifies A thing, or an affair, &c., of great magnitude: and a trial, or an affliction: pl. as above.
2 A bet, wager, stake, or thing wagered; a thing staked at a shooting-match or a race, and taken by the winner: [accord. to the TA, this is the primary signification; but accord. to the A, it is tropical:] pl. as above; or خِطَارٌ; and pl. pl. خُطُرٌ: (K: [but in some copies of the K, the last is written أَخْطَارٌ; and so in the TA, where it is added that some say it is pl. of خَطَرٌ, like as أَسْبَابٌ is of سَبَبٌ, and أَنْدَابٌ of نَدَبٌ:]) خَطَرٌ and سَبَقٌ and نَدَبٌ all signify the same. You say, وَضَعُوا خَطَرًا [They laid a bet]. And أَحْرَزَ فُلَانٌ الخَطَرَ [Such a one won the bet].
3 Hence, [app. as being likened to a stake won,] Eminence; nobility; as also خَطْرٌ : in which sense it has become so much used as to be, in this acceptation, conventionally regarded as proper: also excellence: and (as also خَطْرٌ , TA) rank; degree of dignity; station; of a man: and highness of rank or account or estimation: and wealth: pl. أَخْطَارٌ: accord. to some, it is only used to signify high rank: but accord. to others, you say, إِنَّهُ لَعَظِيمُ الخَطَرِ [Verily he is of great dignity] with respect to his good actions and his nobility, and صَغِيرُ الخَطَرِ [of little rank] with respect to his evil actions and his ignobleness. Also A lot, or portion, or share.
4 And A compensation.

def.2 A like, or fellow, in rank or station, or in eminence; as also ↓خَطِيرٌ. You say, هٰذَا خَطَرٌ لِهٰذَا, and ↓خَطِيرٌ, This is like to that. And الجَنَّةُ لَا خَطَرَ لَهَا Paradise has not its like. And ↓فُلَانٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ خَطِيرٌ Such a one has not his like or fellow.

def.3 Also [an Verbal.Noun of خَطَرَ in the phrase خَطَرَ بِبَالِى and عَلَى بَالِى, accord. to the Msb And hence,] A vain suggestion of the devil. [See خَاطِرٌ.]

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