بير

Arabic

Verb

بِيرَ • (bīra) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of بَارَ (bāra)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بِئْر (biʔr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːɾ/

Noun

بير • (bīr) m, pl ابيار (ʔabyār) and بيار (biyār)

  1. well
  2. shaft
  3. manhole

Derived terms

References

  • Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
  • Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ب ي ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بِئْر (biʔr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːr/

Noun

بير • (bīr) m (plural أبيار (ʔābyār) or آبار (ʔābār))

  1. well

Derived terms

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (one). Cognate with Turkish bir (one, once), Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰼 (bir, one).

Numeral

بٖيرْ (bīr)

  1. one

Malay

Noun

بير (informal 1st possessive بيرکو, 2nd possessive بيرمو, 3rd possessive بيرڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of bir

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بِئْر (biʔr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biːr/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

بير • (bīr) m (plural بيار (byār))

  1. well
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