بقرة

From the root ب ق ر‎ (b-q-r). Compare Hebrew בַּקָּר‎ (baqár, “cattle, beef”) and Mehri بقريت‎ (“cow”).

• IPA^(key): /ba.qa.ra/

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  • (Hejazi) IPA^(key): [baɡara]

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

1. cow
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:67:

     ‏إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا بَقَرَةً‎‎

     ʔinna llaha yaʔmurukum ʔan taḏbaḥū baqaratan

     God commands you to slaughter a cow

• Gulf Arabic: بْقَرَة‎ (bgərə, “cow”)
• Hijazi Arabic: بَقَرة‎ (bagara)
• Maltese: baqra
• Moroccan Arabic: بقرة‎ (baqra)
• → Middle Armenian: պաքարայ (pakʿaray)

From Arabic بَقَرَة‎ (baqara).

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʔa.re/, [ˈbɑ.ʔɑ.rˤɑ]
• IPA^(key): /ba.ʔa.ra/, [ˈbɑ.ʔɑ.rˤɑ]

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

1. cow

• تور‎ (tōr, “bull”)