بشر

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See also: پسر, تشر, تسر, and بسر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ش ر (b š r)
14 terms

From Proto-West Semitic *baśar- (flesh, human body). The original meaning "flesh" was replaced by لَحْم (laḥm).

Noun

بَشَر (bašarm (dual بَشَرَانِ (bašarāni), plural بَشَر (bašar) or أَبْشَار (ʔabšār))

  1. human
  2. (collective) humans, humankind
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: bəşər
  • Persian: بَشَر (bašar)
  • Turkish: beşer

Noun

بَشَر (bašarm (collective, singulative بَشَرَة f (bašara), plural أَبْشَار (ʔabšār))

  1. skin, outer skin, epidermis
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 74:26-30:
      سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ / وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ / لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ / لَوَّاحَةٌ لِلْبَشَرِ / عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
      saʔuṣlīhi saqara / wamā ʔadrāka mā saqaru / lā tubqī walā taḏaru / lawwāḥatun lilbašari / ʕalayhā tisʕata ʕašara
      I shall cast thee into the hellfire. And what shall acquaint you with what the hellfire be? Neither does it preserve nor does it spare. Scorching the skins. Over it are nineteen .
Declension
Descendants

Verb

بَشَرَ (bašara) I (non-past يَبْشُرُ (yabšuru), verbal noun بَشْر (bašr))

  1. to peel, to pare
  2. to shave so as to render the skin visible
  3. (of locusts) to eat the ground bare
  4. to take (a matter) into one's own hands
Conjugation

Noun

بَشْر (bašrm

  1. verbal noun of بَشَرَ (bašara) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 2

Root
ب ش ر (b š r)
14 terms

Related to بَشَر (bašar, skin) as rejoicement manifests itself as a complexion of the skin.

Verb

بَشِرَ (bašira) I (non-past يَبْشَرُ (yabšaru), verbal noun بَشَر (bašar))
بَشَرَ (bašara) I (non-past يَبْشِرُ (yabširu), verbal noun بَشَر (bašar))

  1. to rejoice at, to become glad, to congratulate, to rejoice
Conjugation

Noun

بَشَر (bašarm

  1. verbal noun of بَشِرَ (bašira) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of بَشَرَ (bašara) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 3

Causative of بَشِرَ (bašira, to rejoice at). Religious sense is a literal translation of Ancient Greek εὐαγγελίζω (euangelízō), from εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, good news, gospel). Cognate with Hebrew בִּשֵׂר (bisér, biśśēr, to bring good news).

Verb

بَشَّرَ (baššara) II (non-past يُبَشِّرُ (yubašširu), verbal noun تَبْشِير (tabšīr))

  1. to bring good news (to)
    Antonym: أَنْذَرَ (ʔanḏara)
  2. (Christianity) to evangelize, to preach the gospel (to)
Conjugation
Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

بش (beş) +‎ ـر (-er)

Adverb

بشر (beşer)

  1. distributive of بش (beş): five each
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَشَر (bašar).

Noun

بشر (beşer)

  1. man
  2. mankind
Descendants

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَشَر (bašar).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? bašar
Dari reading? bašar
Iranian reading? bašar
Tajik reading? bašar
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

بَشَر (bašar)

  1. human
  2. humankind

Derived terms

Ushojo

Noun

بَشر (bašer)

  1. face