بقرة

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بَقَرَة

Etymology[edit]

From the root ب ق ر (b-q-r). Compare Hebrew בַּקָּר (baqár, cattle, beef) and Mehri بقريت (cow).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ba.qa.ra/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

بَقَرَة (baqaraf (singulative, collective بَقَر m (baqar), plural أَبْقَار (ʔabqār) or أَبْقُر (ʔabqur), paucal بَقَرَات (baqarāt))

  1. cow
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:67:
      إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا بَقَرَةً
      ʔinna llaha yaʔmurukum ʔan taḏbaḥū baqaratan
      God commands you to slaughter a cow

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Gulf Arabic: بْقَرَة (bgərə, cow)
  • Hijazi Arabic: بَقَرة (bagara)
  • Maltese: baqra
  • Moroccan Arabic: بقرة (baqra)
  • Middle Armenian: պաքարայ (pakʿaray)
  • Swahili: bakari

Hijazi Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic بَقَرَة (baqara).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

بقرة (bagaraf (singulative, collective بَقَر m (bagar), plural بَقَرات (bagarāt))

  1. cow

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic بَقَرَة (baqara).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ba.ʔa.re/, [ˈbɑ.ʔɑ.rˤɑ]
  • IPA(key): /ba.ʔa.ra/, [ˈbɑ.ʔɑ.rˤɑ]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

بقرة (baʔaraf (singulative, collective بقر m (baʔar), paucal بقرات (baʔarāt))

  1. cow

See also[edit]