بير

See also: بیر, پیر, تثر, بتر, پتر, ثبر, تتر, تبر, بثر, بئر, ببر, بري, ثري, يرب, يرث, يبر, يتر, and يثر

Arabic

Verb

بِيرَ • (bīra) (form I) /biː.ra/

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of بَارَ (bāra)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *biʔr-

Arabic بِئْر (biʔr)

Egyptian Arabic بير

Inherited from Arabic بِئْر (biʔr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːr/

Noun

بير • (bīr) m (plural ابيار (ʔabyār) or بيار (biyār))

1. well
2. shaft
3. manhole

Derived terms

• بيار
• بيارة

References

• Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
• Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ب ي ر
2 terms

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *biʔr-

Arabic بِئْر (biʔr)

Hijazi Arabic بير

Inherited from Arabic بِئْر (biʔr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːr/

Noun

بير • (bīr) m (plural أبيار (ʔābyār) or آبار (ʔābār))

1. well

Derived terms

• بيارة (bayyāra, “manhole”)

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”). Cognate with Turkish bir (“one, once”), Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰼 (bir, “one”).

Numeral

بٖيرْ (bīr)

1. one

Related terms

• بِرِنْجْ (birinč, “first”)

Malay

Noun

بير (uncountable)

1. Jawi spelling of bir.‎

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *biʔr-

Arabic بِئْر (biʔr)

Moroccan Arabic بير

Inherited from Arabic بِئْر (biʔr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːr/

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Noun

بير • (bīr) m (plural بيار (byār))

1. well