بحر

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Semitic *baḥr- (sea), from the root ب ح ر (b-ḥ-r).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baħr/
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Noun

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بَحْر (baḥrm (plural بِحَار (biḥār) or بُحُور (buḥūr) or أَبْحُر (ʔabḥur))

  1. verbal noun of بَحَرَ (baḥara) (form I)
  2. sea
    Coordinate terms: بَرّ (barr), جَوّ (jaww)
    فِي الْصَّيْفِ، نُحِبُّ قِضَاءَ وَقْتٍ مُمْتَعٍ عَلَى شَوَاطِئِ الْبَحْرِ.
    fī l-ṣṣayfi, nuḥibbu qiḍāʔa waqtin mumtaʕin ʕalā šawāṭiʔi l-baḥri.
    In the summer, we love spending enjoyable time on the seashore.
  3. large river
  4. a noble or great man (possessed of a sea of knowledge, experience and wisdom)
  5. (poetry) poetic meter
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Etymology 2

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Denominal verb from بَحْر (baḥr, sea).

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بَحَّرَ (baḥḥara) II, non-past يُبَحِّرُ‎ (yubaḥḥiru)

  1. to travel by sea, to make a voyage
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Etymology 3

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بَحِرَ (baḥira) I, non-past يَبْحَرُ‎ (yabḥaru)

  1. to be startled, to be bewildered with fright
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Etymology 4

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بَحَرَ (baḥara) I, non-past يَبْحَرُ‎ (yabḥaru)

  1. to slit, to cut lengthwise
  2. to split
  3. to enlarge, to make wide
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Etymology 5

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Noun

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بَحَر (baḥarm

  1. verbal noun of بَحِرَ (baḥira) (form I)
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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “بحر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 87–88
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “بحر”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 88–89
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “بحر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[3], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 156–157
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “بحر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 66–67

Gulf Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

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بَحَر (baḥarm (before il- بَحْر (baḥr), plural بِحَار (biḥār))

  1. sea
  2. beach
    Synonym: (dated or obsolete) جال (jāl)

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

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بحر (baḥarm (construct state بَحْر (baḥr), plural بحور (buḥūr) or بحار (biḥār))

  1. sea
  2. beach

Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ب ح ر
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Etymology

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From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

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بحر (bḥarm (plural بحور (bḥūr) or بحار (bḥār))

  1. sea
  2. beach

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

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بحر (bahr)

  1. (geography) sea
    Synonyms: دكز, دریا

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References

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  • Redhouse, J. W. (1884) “sea”, in A Lexicon, English and Turkish, 3rd edition, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 667

Pashto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

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بحر (bahrm

  1. sea
  2. (Poetry) meter, rhythm

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

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Readings
Classical reading? bahr
Iranian reading? bahr
Tajik reading? bahr

Noun

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Dari بحر
Iranian Persian
Tajik баҳр

بَحْر (bahr)

  1. (Dari,otherwise obsolete) sea
    Synonym: دَریا (daryâ)

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ب ح ر
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Etymology

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From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

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Noun

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بحر (baḥarm (plural أبحار (ʔabḥār) or بحار (bḥār) or بحور (bḥūr))

  1. sea

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See also

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian بحر (bahr), from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

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بَحْر (bahrm (formal plural بحار, Hindi spelling बहर)

  1. (geography) ocean
    بحرِ ہندbahr-e-hindIndian Ocean
  2. sea
  3. meter

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