Arabic edit

Root
ب ك ر (b-k-r)

Etymology edit

Derived from the active participle of بَكَرَ (bakara, to be early, to come early).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

بَاكِر (bākir) (feminine بَاكِرَة (bākira), masculine plural بَاكِرُونَ (bākirūna), feminine plural بَاكِرَات (bākirāt))

  1. early
    الصَبَاح البَاكِرaṣ-ṣabāḥ al-bākirearly morning
  2. premature

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: bakir
  • Gulf Arabic: باچر (bāčir)
  • Ottoman Turkish: باكر

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بكر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN