Arabic edit

 
بَعِير

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *bVʕVr-. Compare Classical Syriac ܒܥܝܪܐ (baʿīrā, sheep, cattle), Hebrew בְּעִיר (bəʿīr, cattle), Ugaritic 𐎛𐎁𐎗 (ỉbr, bull), Ge'ez ብዕር (bəʿər, ox, horned cattle), Amharic በሬ (bäre), Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩲𐩧 (bʿr, cattle), Akkadian 𒀫 (būrum, calf).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

بَعِير (baʕīrm (plural أَبْعِرَة (ʔabʕira) or بُعْرَان (buʕrān) or أَبَاعِر (ʔabāʕir) or بَعَارِين (baʕārīn))

  1. (countable) a camel of either sex
    Hyponyms: جَمَل (jamal, a he-camel), نَاقَة (nāqa, a she-camel)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:72:
      قَالُوا نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ الْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَاءَ بِهِ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا بِهِ زَعِيمٌ
      qālū nafqidu ṣuwāʕa l-maliki waliman jāʔa bihi ḥimlu baʕīrin waʔanā bihi zaʕīmun
      They said, “We are missing the stoop of the king! For whoever brings it back, there will be a camel’s load. This, I guarantee.”

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References edit

  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 303–308