بشير

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See also: تشير, تسير, and بشیر

Arabic

Root
ب ش ر (b-š-r)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb بَشَّرَ (baššara, to bring good news).

Pronunciation

Adjective

بَشِير (bašīr) (feminine بَشِيرَة (bašīra), masculine plural بُشَرَاء (bušarāʔ) or بَشِيرُونَ (bašīrūna), feminine plural بَشِيرَات (bašīrāt) or بَشَائِر (bašāʔir))

  1. bringer of good news, herald, harbinger
    Synonym: مُبَشِّر (mubaššir)
    Antonyms: نَذِير (naḏīr), مُنْذِر (munḏir)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:19:
      يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ عَلَىٰ فَتْرَةٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنۢ بَشِيرٍۢ وَلَا نَذِيرٍۢ ۖ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بَشِيرٌۭ وَنَذِيرٌۭ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ
      O People of the Book! Our Messenger has indeed come to you, making things clear to you after an interval between the messengers so you do not say, “There has never come to us a deliverer of good news or a warner.” Now there has come to you a deliverer of good news and a warner. And Allah is Most Capable of everything.
  2. (also أَبُو بَشِير (ʔabū bašīr)) the bichirPolypterus bichir

Declension

Proper noun

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بَشِير (bašīrm

  1. a male given name, Bashir

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: Bəşir
  • English: Basheer, Bashir
  • Persian: بشیر (bašir)
  • Tajik: Башир (Bašir)
  • Turkish: Beşir
  • Urdu: بشیر (baśīr)