بَقْر
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Highlights
Plural
أَبْقَار
Other plural
أَبْقُر
Singular (one)
بَقَرَة
بَقَر in English
Noun · masculine
- cattle, oxen collective
قَالُوا ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا هِيَ إِنَّ ٱلْبَقَرَ تَشَابَهَ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ لَمُهْتَدُونَ"Call out to your Lord," they said, "so that he may clear it up for us: all cattle are alike to us, but we, God willing, can be led forward."609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:70
Word origin
From Proto-West Semitic *baḳar- (“large cattle”). Cognate with Hebrew בָּקָר (baqár, “bovine, cattle, beef”), Aramaic בקרא, Phoenician 𐤁𐤒𐤓 (bqr) and Mehri بقريت (“cow”).
Words from the root ب-ق-ر
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بَقَرَ
· present يَبْقَرُ
Form I · The plain action
to split, to rip, to rive
بَاقِر
opener
مَبْقُور
بَقَر: plural and other forms
| Singular | بَقَر |
|---|---|
| Plural | أَبْقَار |
| Alternative plurals | أَبْقُر |
| Singulative (one) | بَقَرَة |
بَقَر in a sentence
Dictionary examples
cattle
قَالُوا ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا هِيَ إِنَّ ٱلْبَقَرَ تَشَابَهَ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ لَمُهْتَدُونَ"Call out to your Lord," they said, "so that he may clear it up for us: all cattle are alike to us, but we, God willing, can be led forward."609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:70
From a fully vowelled text
الْغَنَمَ وَالْبَقَرَ جَمِيعًا، وَبَهَائِمَ الْبَرِّ أَيْضًا،All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;Psalms 8:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
خَلِّصْنِي مِنْ فَمِ الأَسَدِ، وَمِنْ قُرُونِ بَقَرِ الْوَحْشِ اسْتَجِبْ لِي.Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.Psalms 22:21, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَيُسْتَطَابُ عِنْدَ الرَّبِّ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَوْرِ بَقَرٍ ذِي قُرُونٍ وَأَظْلاَفٍ.This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.Psalms 69:31, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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