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بحر

بحر

See also: تخر, بجز, تجز, and تجر

Arabic

Pronunciation

Noun

بَحْر (baḥr) m (plural بِحَار (biḥār) or بُحُور (buḥūr) or أَبْحَار (ʾabḥār) or أَبْحُر (ʾabḥur))

  1. verbal noun of بَحَرَ (baḥara) (form I)
  2. sea
  3. large river
  4. a noble or great man (possessed of a sea of knowledge, experience and wisdom)
  5. (poetry) poetic meter
Declension

Etymology 2

Denominal verb from بَحْر (baḥr, sea).

Verb

بَحَّرَ (baḥḥara) II, non-past يُبَحِّرُ‎ (yubaḥḥiru)

  1. to travel by sea, to make a voyage
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Verb

بَحِرَ (baḥira) I, non-past يَبْحَرُ‎ (yabḥaru)

  1. to be startled, to be bewildered with fright
Conjugation
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), بحر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1976), بحر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Etymology 4

Verb

بَحَرَ (baḥara) I, non-past يَبْحَرُ‎ (yabḥaru)

  1. to slit, to cut lengthwise
  2. to split
  3. to enlarge, to make wide
Conjugation
References

Etymology 5

Noun

بَحَر (baḥar) m

  1. verbal noun of بَحِرَ (baḥira) (form I)
Declension

Hijazi Arabic

بَحَر

Etymology

From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baħar/

Noun

بَحَر (baḥar) m (plural بُحور ‎(buḥūr) or بِحار ‎(biḥār))

  1. sea
  2. beach

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bæhr/

Noun

Dari بحر
Iranian Persian بحر
Tajik баҳр (bahr)

بحر (bahr)

  1. sea

Synonyms


Urdu

Etymology

From Persian بحر (bahr), from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

Noun

بحر (behr) m

  1. sea

Synonyms