بحيرة

Arabic

Etymology

Diminutive of بَحْر‎ (baḥr, “sea”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.ħaj.ra/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /bu.ħeːra/, [bʊˈħe̞ːra]

Noun

بُحَيْرَة • (buḥayra) f (plural بُحَيْرَات‎ (buḥayrāt))

  1. lake
  2. (Tunisia) vegetable garden, truck garden

Declension

Descendants

  • → Urdu: بحیرہ‎ (bahīrā)

Noun

بَحِيرَة • (baḥīra) m (plural بَحَائِرُ‎ (baḥāʔiru))

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    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:103:
      ‏مَا جَعَلَ اللَّٰهُ مِن بَحِيرَةٍ وَلَا سَائِبَةٍ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍ‎
      mā jaʕala llāhu min baḥīratin walā sāʔibatin walā waṣīlatin walā ḥāmin
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ح ر‎

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic بُحَيْرَة‎ (buḥayra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.ħaj.ra/, [bʊˈħaj.rˤɑ]
  • (file)

Noun

بحيرة • (buḥayra) f (plural بحيرات‎ (buḥayrāt))

  1. lake

Derived terms

See also

  • بحر‎ (baḥar, “sea”)
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