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
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 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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