بدر

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See also: بذر, پدر, تذر, and تدر

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب د ر (b-d-r). Cognate with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܒܲܕܪܝܼ (badrī)

Pronunciation

Noun

بَدْر (badrm (plural بُدُور (budūr))

  1. full moon

Declension

Descendants

Proper noun

بَدْر (badrm

  1. a surname
  2. a male given name
  3. Badr (name of a city 180 km from Medina where an important battle took place)
  4. Battle of Badr

Declension

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian .

Adverb

بدر (beder)

  1. out of doors; out, forth, away.
    Synonym: طیشاری

References

Persian

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Etymology 1

From به (be, in, at) +‎ در (dar, door).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? baḏar
Dari reading? badar
Iranian reading? bedar
Tajik reading? badar

Adverb

بدر (bedar)

  1. (now only in fixed figurative expressions) out of doors, without, outside
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَدْر (badr).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? baḏr
Dari reading? badr
Iranian reading? badr
Tajik reading? badr

Noun

بدر (badr)

  1. full moon
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3651:
      چون مه نو یا سه روزه یا که بدر
      مرتبه‌‌ی هر یک ملک در نور و قدر
      čōn mah-i naw yā si rōza yā ki badr
      martaba-i har yak malak dar nūr u qadr
      Like the new moon or the moon three days old or the full moon,
      every angel has (a particular) perfection in light and (spiritual) worth.

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian بدر (ba-dar), from به (ba) + در (dar).

Adverb

بدر (badar) (Hindi spelling बदर)

  1. outside, out of doors, without

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بدر (badr), ultimately from Arabic بَدْر (badr).

Noun

بدر (badarm (Hindi spelling बदर)

  1. full moon
Declension
    Declension of بدر
singular plural
direct بدر (badar) بدر (badar)
oblique بدر (badar) بدروں (badarõ)
vocative بدر (badar) بدرو (badaro)

Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बदर (badara), Doublet of بیر (ber).

Noun

بدر (badarm (Hindi spelling बदर) (rare)

  1. the Indian jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana) or its fruit
  2. the kernel of the fruit of the cotton plant
  3. dried ginger
Declension
    Declension of بدر
singular plural
direct بدر (badar) بدر (badar)
oblique بدر (badar) بدروں (badarõ)
vocative بدر (badar) بدرو (badaro)

References

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بدر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • بدر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “badar”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.