بکر
Persian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic بِكْر (bikr).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [bikɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bekʲɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bikɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | bikr |
Dari reading? | bikr |
Iranian reading? | bekr |
Tajik reading? | bikr |
Noun
editبکر • (bekr) (plural بکرها (bekr-hâ) 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 […]
Adjective
editبکر • (bekr)