بکر

See also: پکر‎ and بكر‎

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic بِكْر‎ (bikr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /bikɾ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /bɪkɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /bekɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /bikɾ/

Noun

بکر • (bekr) (plural بکرها‎ (bekr-hâ) or ابکار‎ (abkâr))

virgin
(figurative) something untouched; something unsullied
- c. 1380, Jahān Malik Khātūn, “Introduction”, in دیوان جهان [Divān-i Jahān]‎:
  ‏مصوری که صور ابکار افکار بر صفحات ضمیر اولی‌الالباب کشید […]‎
  musawwirē ki suwar-i abkār-i afkār bar safāhat-i zamīr-i ūlū-l-albāb kašīd […]
  the painter [i.e. God] who draws images of unsullied thoughts [lit. the virgins of thoughts] on the pages of the intellects of the prudent […]
  (Classical Persian romanization)

Adjective

بکر • (bekr)

virgin, untouched
‏‎ ― jangal-e bekr ― virgin forest

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