بحيرة

Arabic

Etymology

Diminutive of بَحْر (baḥr, sea).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.ħaj.ra/

Noun

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

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

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: bħajra
  • Catalan: albufera, bufera
  • Portuguese: albufeira
  • Spanish: albufera, bujero
  • 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 quotation)

Declension

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ب ح ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بُحَيْرَة (buḥayra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.ħeːra/, [bʊˈħe̞ːra]

Noun

بحيرة • (buḥēra) f (plural بُحيرات (buḥērāt))

  1. lake

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ح ر
2 terms

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

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