بکری

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sanskrit बर्कर (barkara). Cognate with Romani bakro and Sindhi ٻَڪِرِي (ḇakirī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /bək̚.kɾiː/, [ˈbək̚.kɾi(ː)~ˈbək̚.kə̆.ɾi(ː)]

Noun

بَکّری • (bakkrī) f (male equivalent بَکّرا, Gurmukhi spelling ਬੱਕਰੀ)

1. goat; she-goat

References

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “بکّری”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz], page 338
• “بکری”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बर्कर (barkara, “kid, lamb”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓- (-ika-).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bək.ɾiː/

Noun

بَکْری • (bakrī) f (Hindi spelling बकरी)

1. nanny goat (a female goat)
2. goat (of any gender)

Declension

Declension of بکری

	singular	plural
direct	بکری (bakrī)	بکرِیاں (bakriyā̃)
oblique	بکری (bakrī)	بکرِیوں (bakriyō̃)
vocative	بکری (bakrī)	بکرِیو (bakriyō)

Related terms

• بکرا (bakrā)