بحيرة

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Arabic

بُحَيْرَة

Etymology

Diminutive of بَحْر (baḥr, sea).

Pronunciation

Noun

بُحَيْرَة (buḥayraf (plural بُحَيْرَات (buḥayrāt))

  1. lake
  2. (Tunisia, Morocco) vegetable garden, truck garden

Declension

Descendants

Noun

بَحِيرَة (baḥīram (plural بَحَائِرُ (baḥāʔiru))

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    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:103:
      مَا جَعَلَ اللَّٰهُ مِن بَحِيرَةٍ وَلَا سَائِبَةٍ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍ
      mā jaʕala llāhu min baḥīratin walā sāʔibatin walā waṣīlatin walā ḥāmin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ب ح ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بُحَيْرَة (buḥayra).

Pronunciation

Noun

بحيرة (buḥēraf (plural بُحيرات (buḥērāt))

  1. lake

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ح ر
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic بُحَيْرَة (buḥayra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.ħaj.ra/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Noun

بحيرة (buḥayraf (plural بحيرات (buḥayrāt))

  1. lake

Derived terms

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