بخار
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ب خ ر (b ḵ r), related to vapor. Compare with بَخَرَ (baḵara, “to boil”), تَبَخَّر (tabaḵḵar, “to evaporate, to perfume with incense”) and بُخُور (buḵūr, “incense”).[1]
Noun
بُخَار • (buḵār) m (plural أَبْخِرَة (ʔabḵira))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بُخَار buḵār |
الْبُخَار al-buḵār |
بُخَار buḵār |
| nominative | بُخَارٌ buḵārun |
الْبُخَارُ al-buḵāru |
بُخَارُ buḵāru |
| accusative | بُخَارًا buḵāran |
الْبُخَارَ al-buḵāra |
بُخَارَ buḵāra |
| genitive | بُخَارٍ buḵārin |
الْبُخَارِ al-buḵāri |
بُخَارِ buḵāri |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | بُخَارَيْن buḵārayn |
الْبُخَارَيْن al-buḵārayn |
بُخَارَيْ buḵāray |
| nominative | بُخَارَانِ buḵārāni |
الْبُخَارَانِ al-buḵārāni |
بُخَارَا buḵārā |
| accusative | بُخَارَيْنِ buḵārayni |
الْبُخَارَيْنِ al-buḵārayni |
بُخَارَيْ buḵāray |
| genitive | بُخَارَيْنِ buḵārayni |
الْبُخَارَيْنِ al-buḵārayni |
بُخَارَيْ buḵāray |
| plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَبْخِرَة ʔabḵira |
الْأَبْخِرَة al-ʔabḵira |
أَبْخِرَة ʔabḵirat |
| nominative | أَبْخِرَةٌ ʔabḵiratun |
الْأَبْخِرَةُ al-ʔabḵiratu |
أَبْخِرَةُ ʔabḵiratu |
| accusative | أَبْخِرَةً ʔabḵiratan |
الْأَبْخِرَةَ al-ʔabḵirata |
أَبْخِرَةَ ʔabḵirata |
| genitive | أَبْخِرَةٍ ʔabḵiratin |
الْأَبْخِرَةِ al-ʔabḵirati |
أَبْخِرَةِ ʔabḵirati |
Descendants
- Gulf Arabic: بخار (buḵār)
- → Armenian: բուխարի (buxari)
- → Azerbaijani: buxar, buxarı
- Hindustani:
- → Georgian: ბუხარი (buxari)
- → Bats: ბუხარ (buxar)
- → Persian: بخار (boxâr)
- → Turkish: buhar
References
- ^ Federico Corriente and Ignacio Ferrando (2005) Diccionario avanzado árabe: Tomo I: árabe-español, page 49,50
Persian
| Dari | بخار |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | бухор |
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بُخَار (buḵār).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /bu.ˈxaːɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bʊ.xɑ́ːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bo.xɒ́ːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bu.χɔ́ɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | buxār |
| Dari reading? | buxār |
| Iranian reading? | boxâr |
| Tajik reading? | buxor |
- Rhymes: -ɑːr
Noun
بخار • (boxâr)
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بُخَار (buxār), borrowed from Arabic بُخَار (buḵār).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): [bʊ̆.ˈkʰäːr(ə̆)], [bʊ̆.ˈxäːr(ə̆)]
Noun
بُخَار • (buxār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੁਖ਼ਾਰ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بُخَار (buxār) | بُخَار (buxār) |
| oblique | بُخَار (buxār) | بُخَاراں (buxārāṉ) |
| vocative | بُخَارا (buxārā) | بُخَارو (buxāro) |
| ablative | بُخَاروں (buxāroṉ) | بُخَاراں (buxārāṉ) |
| locative | بُخَارے (buxāre) | بُخَارِیں (buxārīṉ) |
| instrumental | بُخَاروں (buxāroṉ) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بُخار”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਬੁਖਾਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بُخَار (buxār), borrowed from Arabic بُخَار (buḵār).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʊ.xɑːɾ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
- Hyphenation: بُ‧خَار
Noun
بُخَار • (buxār) m (formal plural بُخارات (buxārāt), Hindi spelling बुख़ार)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بُخَار (buxār) | بُخَار (buxār) |
| oblique | بُخَار (buxār) | بُخَاروں (buxārõ) |
| vocative | بُخَار (buxār) | بُخَارو (buxāro) |
Further reading
More information
- “بخار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بخار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بخار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بخار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “بخار”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “بخار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC