بقر

See also: تفر‎, تقر‎, ثفر‎, and نفر‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Cognate with Hebrew בָּקָר‎ (bāqār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.qar/

Noun

بَقَر • (baqar) m (collective, singulative بَقَرَة‎ f (baqara), plural أَبْقَار‎ (ʔabqār) or أَبْقُر‎ (ʔabqur))

  1. cows, cattle
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:70:
      ‏قَالُوا ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا هِيَ إِنَّ ٱلْبَقَرَ تَشَابَهَ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ لَمُهْتَدُونَ‎
      qālū dʕu lanā rabbaka yubayyin lanā mā hiya ʔinna l-baqara tašābaha ʕalaynā waʔinnā ʔin šāʔa llāhu lamuhtadūna
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    • Al-Buhturi
      ‏عليّ نحت القوافي من مقَاَطِعِها / وما علي إذا لم تفهم البقرُ‎
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Declension
Derived terms
  • بَقَرِيّ‎ (baqariyy, “cattle-related”)
  • بَقِرَ (baqira, “to become astounded when seeing all the cattle, to be stupified at seeing بَقَر (baqar); to become confounded, to become perplexed, to get doubts”)
  • بَيْقَرَ‎ (bayqara, “to become astounded when seeing all the cattle, to be stupified at seeing بَقَر (baqar); to become confounded, to become perplexed, to get doubts; to migrate, to go away, to go down”)
  • تَبَقَّرَ‎ (tabaqqara, “to enlarge oneself by acquiring riches or knowledge”)
  • بَاقُور‎ (bāqūr, “herd of cattle”)
  • بَاقُورَة‎ (bāqūra, “herd of cattle”)
  • بَيْقُرَان‎ (bayqurān, “Launaea procumbens”)
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: بقر‎ (bugar)
  • South Levantine Arabic: بقر‎ (baʔar)

Etymology 2

From the root ب ق ر‎ (b-q-r).

Verb

بَقَرَ • (baqara) I, non-past يَبْقَرُ‎ or يَبْقُرُ‎‎ (yabqaru or yabquru)

  1. to split, to rip, to rive
Conjugation

Verb

بَقَّرَ • (baqqara) II, non-past يُبَقِّرُ‎‎ (yubaqqiru)

  1. to dig up, to gut
Conjugation

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَقَر‎ (baqar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ʔar/, [ˈbɑ.ʔɑrˤ]
  • (file)

Noun

بقر • (baʔar) m (collective, singulative بقرة‎ f (baʔara), paucal بقرات‎ (baʔarāt))

  1. (collective) cattle, cows

See also

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَقَر‎ (baqar).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَقَر • (baqar) m (Hindi spelling बक़र)

  1. ox, bull, cow, heifer
  2. (Quran) Surah Baqarah

References

  • “بقر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “بقر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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