بحيرة

Diminutive of بَحْر (baḥr, “sea”).

• IPA^(key): /bu.ħaj.ra/

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ba.ħiː.ra/

بَحِيرَة • (baḥīra) m (plural بَحَائِر (baḥāʔir) or بُحُر (buḥur))

1. A she-camel that has given birth five times; her ears are slit, and she is exempt from exploitation—she is not denied access to pasture or water.

   Hypernym: نَاقَة (nāqa)

   • 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 […]

     Allāh has not appointed [such innovations as] baḥīrah or sā’ibah or waṣīlah or ḥām.

From Arabic بُحَيْرَة (buḥayra).

• IPA^(key): /bu.ħeːra/, [bʊˈħe̞ːra]

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

1. lake

Learned borrowing from Arabic بُحَيْرَة (buḥayra).

• IPA^(key): /bu.ħaj.ra/, [bʊˈħaj.rˤɑ]

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بحيرة • (buḥayra) f (plural بحيرات (buḥayrāt))

1. lake