بير

Arabic

Verb

⁧بِيرَ⁩ • (bīra) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of ⁧بَارَ⁩ (bāra)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ⁧بِئْر⁩ (biʔr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːɾ/

Noun

⁧بير⁩ • (bīr) m, pl ⁧ابيار⁩ (ʔabyār) and ⁧بيار⁩ (biyār)

  1. well
  2. shaft
  3. manhole

Derived terms

References

  • Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
  • Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.

Hijazi Arabic

Root
⁧ب ي ر⁩
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ⁧بِئْر⁩ (biʔr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːr/

Noun

⁧بير⁩ • (bīr) m (plural ⁧أبيار⁩ (ʔābyār) or ⁧آبار⁩ (ʔābār))

  1. well

Derived terms

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”). Cognate with Turkish bir (“one, once”), Old Turkic ⁧𐰋𐰃𐰼⁩ (bir, “one”).

Numeral

⁧بٖيرْ⁩ (bīr)

  1. one

Malay

Noun

⁧بير⁩ (informal 1st possessive ⁧بيرکو⁩, 2nd possessive ⁧بيرمو⁩, 3rd possessive ⁧بيرڽ⁩)

  1. Jawi spelling of bir

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ⁧بِئْر⁩ (biʔr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biːr/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

⁧بير⁩ • (bīr) m (plural ⁧بيار⁩ (byār))

  1. well
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