بزر

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See also: فوة

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic כִּזְרָא (bizrā) /‎ ܙܪܥܐ (bazrā, seed), from בַר זַרְעָא /‎ ܒܪ ܙܪܥܐ (bar zarʿāʾ, seed), from בַר /‎ ܒܪ (bar, son of) + זַרְעָא /‎ ܙܪܥܐ (zarʿāʾ, a seed).
The vocalization with /i/ is deemed more classical in Arabic.

Noun

بِزْر or بَزْر (bizr or bazrm (collective, singulative بِزْرَة f (bizra) or بَزْرَة (bazra), plural بُزُور (buzūr))

  1. seed, what is sown

Declension

Descendants

  • Swahili: bizari

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بزر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 81
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 138
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “بزر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 117
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “بزر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 199
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “بزر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 86