different between xeer vs heer

English

Noun

xeer (uncountable)

1. The traditional legal system of Somalia, believed to predate Islam, in which elders serve as mediators and people are responsible for the actions of their families.
   • 2005, Walter Dostal, Wolfgang Kraus, Shattering tradition: custom, law and the individual in the Muslim Mediterranean

     In rural areas, there is still confusion between xeer and shari'a.

   • 2007, Lars Buur, Helene Maria Kyed, State recognition and democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa

     The key feature of the xeer is its common law character...

English

Etymology

Uncertain.

Noun

heer (plural heers)

1. A yarn measure of six hundred yards, or 1/24 of a spindle.

Anagrams

• HREE, Rehe, Rhee, here

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch heer, from Middle Dutch hêre, from Old Dutch h?rro, h?ro, from Old High German h?riro, h?rro, the comparative form of h?r (“noble, venerable”).

Noun

heer (plural here, diminutive heertjie)

1. gentleman
2. lord, master
3. (card games) king

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

heer (plural here, diminutive heertjie)

1. host, army

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?r/
• Hyphenation: heer
• Rhymes: -e?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hêre, from Old Dutch h?rro, h?ro, from Old High German h?riro, h?rro, the comparative form of h?r (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”). The Old High German word originally meant "grey, grey-haired", and descends from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), making it cognate with English hoar, Old Norse hárr.

Noun

heer m (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)

1. A lord; master.
2. A gentleman.
3. A cleric, notably a Catholic priest.

Derived terms

• baanderheer
• beheren
• beschermheer
• bouwheer
• domheer
• geneesheer
• hartenheer
• heerlijk
• heerlijkheid
• kamerheer
• kapittelheer
• klaverheer
• kruisheer
• landsheer
• leenheer
• mijnheer, meneer
• predikheer
• raadsheer
• ruitenheer
• schoppenheer
• tafelheer
• wereldheer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: heer

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch here, from Old Dutch heri, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz.

Alternative forms

• heir

Noun

heer n (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)

1. (archaic) An army.

   Synonym: leger

Derived terms

• heerbaan
• heerkracht
• heermacht
• heerschaar
• herberg

Related terms

• hertog

Anagrams

• here

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English h?r.

Noun

heer (plural heers)

1. (anatomy) A hair.

Descendants

• English: hair

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse hæra (“grey hair”).

Noun

heer f (definite hera, dative heern)

1. Matgrass (Nardus stricta).

Declension

Derived terms

• herbakk m (“matgrass slope”)