بشر

See also: پسر, تشر, تسر, and بسر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ش ر (b-š-r)

From Proto-West Semitic *baśar- (flesh, human body). The original meaning "flesh" was replaced by لَحْم (laḥm).

Noun

بَشَر • (bašar) m (dual بَشَرَانِ (bašarāni), plural بَشَر (bašar) or أَبْشَار (ʔabšār))

  1. human
  2. (collective) humans, humankind
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: bəşər
  • Persian: بَشَر (bašar)
  • Turkish: beşer

Noun

بَشَر • (bašar) m (collective, singulative بَشَرَة f (bašara), plural أَبْشَار (ʔabšār))

  1. skin, outer skin, epidermis
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 74:26-30:
      سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ / وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ / لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ / لَوَّاحَةٌ لِلْبَشَرِ / عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
      saʔuṣlīhi saqara / wamā ʔadrāka mā saqaru / lā tubqī walā taḏaru / lawwāḥatun lilbašari / ʕalayhā tisʕata ʕašara
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Descendants
  • Mehri: bəśərēt
  • Shehri: bəśərɛ́t

Verb

بَشَرَ • (bašara) I, non-past يَبْشُرُ‎ (yabšuru)

  1. to peel, to pare
  2. to shave so as to render the skin visible
  3. (of locusts) to eat the ground bare
  4. to take (a matter) into one's own hands
Conjugation

Noun

بَشْر • (bašr) m

  1. verbal noun of بَشَرَ (bašara) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 2

Root
ب ش ر (b-š-r)

Related to بَشَر (bašar, skin) as rejoicement manifests itself as a complexion of the skin.

Verb

بَشِرَ • (bašira) I, non-past يَبْشَرُ‎ (yabšaru)
بَشَرَ • (bašara) I, non-past يَبْشِرُ‎ (yabširu)

  1. to rejoice at, to become glad, to congratulate, to rejoice
Conjugation

Noun

بَشَر • (bašar) m

  1. verbal noun of بَشِرَ (bašira) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of بَشَرَ (bašara) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 3

Causative of بَشِرَ (bašira, to rejoice at). Religious sense is a literal translation of Ancient Greek εὐαγγελίζω (euangelízō), from εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, good news, gospel). Cognate with Hebrew בִּשֵׂר (bisér, biśśēr, to bring good news).

Verb

بَشَّرَ • (baššara) II, non-past يُبَشِّرُ‎ (yubašširu)

  1. to bring good news (to)
    Antonym: أَنْذَرَ (ʔanḏara)
  2. (Christianity) to evangelize, to preach the gospel (to)
Conjugation
Descendants
  • > Maltese: baxar (inherited)

Ottoman Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛˈʃɛɾ/

Etymology 1

بش (beş) + ـر (-er)

Adverb

بشر • (beşer)

  1. distributive of بش (beş): five each
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَشَر (bašar).

Noun

بشر • (beşer)

  1. man
  2. mankind
Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَشَر (bašar).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bä.ʃäɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bä.ʃäɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bä.ʃäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? bašar
Dari reading? bašar
Iranian reading? bašar
Tajik reading? bašar

Noun

بَشَر • (bašar)

  1. human
  2. humankind

Derived terms

Ushojo

Noun

بَشر (bašer)

  1. face
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