بکر

See also: پکر and بكر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِكْر (bikr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈbikɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪkɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɪkɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bikɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bekʲɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bikɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bikr
Dari reading^?	bikr
Iranian reading^?	bekr
Tajik reading^?	bikr

Noun

بکر • (bekr) (plural بکرها, or ابکار (abkâr))

virgin
(figurative) something untouched; something unsullied
- c. 1380, Jahān Malik Khātūn, “Introduction”, in دیوان جهان [Divān-i Jahān]‎^[1]:
  مصوری که صور ابکار افکار بر صفحات ضمیر اولی‌الالباب کشید […]
  musawwirē ki suwar-i abkār-i afkār bar safāhat-i zamīr-i ūlū-l-albāb kašīd […]
  the painter [i.e. God] who draws images of unsullied thoughts [lit. the virgins of thoughts] on the pages of the intellects of the prudent […]
  (Classical Persian romanization)

Adjective

بکر • (bekr) (comparative بکرتَر, superlative بکرتَرین)

virgin, untouched, pristine
― jangal-e bekr ― virgin forest

bekr-tarin didani-hâ-ye howme-ye tehrân
the most pristine sights in the suburbs of Tehran

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بکر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim