بشر

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See also: پسر, تشر, تسر, and بسر

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ب ش ر (b-š-r)

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

Noun

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

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

Noun

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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
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Verb

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بَشَرَ (bašara) I, non-past يَبْشُرُ‎ (yabšuru)

  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
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Noun

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بَشْر (bašrm

  1. verbal noun of بَشَرَ (bašara) (form I)
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Etymology 2

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Root
ب ش ر (b-š-r)

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

Verb

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بَشِرَ (bašira) I, non-past يَبْشَرُ‎ (yabšaru)
بَشَرَ (bašara) I, non-past يَبْشِرُ‎ (yabširu)

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

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بَشَر (bašarm

  1. verbal noun of بَشِرَ (bašira) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of بَشَرَ (bašara) (form I)
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Etymology 3

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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

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بَشَّرَ (baššara) II, non-past يُبَشِّرُ‎ (yubašširu)

  1. to bring good news (to)
    Antonym: أَنْذَرَ (ʔanḏara)
  2. (Christianity) to evangelize, to preach the gospel (to)
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  • > Maltese: baxar (inherited)

Ottoman Turkish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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بش (beş) +‎ ـر (-er)

Adverb

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بشر (beşer)

  1. distributive of بش (beş): five each
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Etymology 2

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From Arabic بَشَر (bašar).

Noun

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بشر (beşer)

  1. man
  2. mankind
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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بَشَر (bašar).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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بَشَر (bašar)

  1. human
  2. humankind

Derived terms

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Ushojo

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Noun

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بَشر (bašer)

  1. face