بذر

From the root ب ذ ر (b-ḏ-r). Possibly related to Aramaic בדר (“to scatter, to disperse”).

بَذَرَ • (baḏara) I (non-past يَبْذُرُ (yabḏuru), verbal noun بَذْر (baḏr))

1. to seed
2. to extend, reveal, circulate

بَذَّرَ • (baḏḏara) II (non-past يُبَذِّرُ (yubaḏḏiru), verbal noun تَبْذِير (tabḏīr))

1. to use something in wasteful manner; to use to no purpose, for inadequate result, extravagantly
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:26-27:

     وَآتِ ذَا ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُ وَٱلْمِسْكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًا ۝ إِنَّ ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَ كَانُوا إِخْوَانَ ٱلشَّيَاطِينِ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَانُ لِرَبِّهِ كَفُورًا

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2. to gradually waste something

بَذْر • (baḏr) m (collective, singulative بَذْرَة f (baḏra), plural بُذُور (buḏūr) or بِذَار (biḏār))

1. seeds
2. seed
3. seedling
4. (in the plural) pips, pits, (fruit) stones

• “بذر” in Almaany

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Borrowed from Arabic بَذْر (baḏr).

بذر • (bazr) (plural بذرها (bazr-hâ) or بذور (bozur))

1. seed

   Synonyms: دانه (dâne), تخم (toxm)

   بذرهای کشاورزی ― bazr-hâ-ye kešâvarzi ― agricultural seeds

   فروشگاه اینترنی بذر ― forušgâh-e interneti-ye bazr ― online seed shop

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بذر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic بَذْر (baḏr).

• IPA^(key): /bizr/,

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بذر • (bizr) m (collective, singulative بذرة f (bizre), paucal بذرات (bizrāt), plural بذورات (bzūrāt))

1. seeds

The plural بذورات (bzūrāt) is used referring to different types of seeds.