بكارة

Arabic

Root
ب ك ر (b k r)
8 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.kaː.ra/

Noun

بَكَارَة • (bakāra) f

1. virginity

   Synonym: بَتُولِيَّة (batūliyya)

Declension

Declension of noun بَكَارَة (bakāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَكَارَة bakāra	الْبَكَارَة al-bakāra	بَكَارَة bakārat
Nominative	بَكَارَةٌ bakāratun	الْبَكَارَةُ al-bakāratu	بَكَارَةُ bakāratu
Accusative	بَكَارَةً bakāratan	الْبَكَارَةَ al-bakārata	بَكَارَةَ bakārata
Genitive	بَكَارَةٍ bakāratin	الْبَكَارَةِ al-bakārati	بَكَارَةِ bakārati

Derived terms

• فَضّ البَكَارَة (faḍḍ al-bakāra)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: bəkarət
• → Ottoman Turkish: بكارت (beḱaret)
  • Turkish: bekâret
• → Persian: بکارت (bakârat)

References

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “بكارة”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “بكارة”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “بكارة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “بكارة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz