خير

مَخْيَرَةٌ مخير مخيره مخيرة [ A cause of good: and hence,] excel-lence, and eminence, or nobility: so in the phrase, فُلَانٌ ذُو مَخْيَرَةٍ [ Such a one is a possessor of eminence, &c.]. (A, TA.)