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بكر

Root: بكر

3 entries for this word

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Entry 1

بكر bakara u to set out early in the morning, get up early; to come early (الى to), be early (الى at) II do.; بكر فى and بكر ب with foll. verbal noun: to do s.th. early, prematurely, ahead of its time III to be ahead of s.o. (ه), anticipate, forestall (ه s.o.) IV = I; VIII to be the first to take (هـ s.th.), be the first to embark (هـ 69 on s.th.); to deflower (ها a girl): to invent (هـ s.th.); to create, originate, start (هـ s.th.)

Entry 2

بكر bakr pl. ابكر abkur, بكران bukrān young camel

Entry 3

بكر bikr pl. ابكار abkār first-born, eldest; firstling: unprecedented, novel, new; virgin; virginal

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