بحر

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See also: تخر, بجز, تجز, and تجر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Semitic *baḥr- (sea), from the root ب ح ر (b-ḥ-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baħr/
  • (file)

Noun

بَحْر (baḥrm (plural بِحَار (biḥār) or بُحُور (buḥūr) or أَبْحُر (ʔabḥur))

  1. verbal noun of بَحَرَ (baḥara) (form I)
  2. sea
    Coordinate terms: بَرّ (barr), جَوّ (jaww)
    فِي الْصَّيْفِ، نُحِبُّ قِضَاءَ وَقْتٍ مُمْتَعٍ عَلَى شَوَاطِئِ الْبَحْرِ.
    fī l-ṣṣayfi, nuḥibbu qiḍāʔa waqtin mumtaʕin ʕalā šawāṭiʔi l-baḥri.
    In the summer, we love spending enjoyable time on the seashore.
  3. large river
  4. a noble or great man (possessed of a sea of knowledge, experience and wisdom)
  5. (poetry) poetic meter
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Denominal verb from بَحْر (baḥr, sea).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to be startled, to be bewildered with fright
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Noun

بَحَر (baḥarm

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

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “بحر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 87–88
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “بحر”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 88–89
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “بحر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 156–157
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “بحر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 66–67

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَحَر (baḥarm (before il- بَحْر (baḥr), plural بِحَار (biḥār))

  1. sea
  2. beach
    Synonym: (dated or obsolete) جال (jāl)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

Pronunciation

Noun

بحر (baḥarm (construct state بَحْر (baḥr), plural بحور (buḥūr) or بحار (biḥār))

  1. sea
  2. beach

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ب ح ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

Pronunciation

Noun

بحر (bḥarm (plural بحور (bḥūr) or بحار (bḥār))

  1. sea
  2. beach

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

Noun

بحر (bahr)

  1. (geography) sea
    Synonyms: دكز, دریا

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Redhouse, J. W. (1884) “sea”, in A Lexicon, English and Turkish, 3rd edition, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 667

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

Noun

بحر (bahrm

  1. sea
  2. (Poetry) meter, rhythm

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? bahr
Dari reading? bahr
Iranian reading? bahr
Tajik reading? bahr

Noun

Dari بحر
Iranian Persian
Tajik баҳр

بَحْر (bahr)

  1. (Dari) sea
    Synonym: دَریا (daryâ)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ح ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

Pronunciation

Noun

بحر (baḥarm (plural أبحار (ʔabḥār) or بحار (bḥār) or بحور (bḥūr))

  1. sea

Derived terms

See also

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بحر (bahr), from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَحْر (bahrm (formal plural بحار, Hindi spelling बहर)

  1. (geography) ocean
    بحرِ ہندbahr-e-hindIndian Ocean
  2. sea
  3. meter

Synonyms