بهار

See also: بہار, تہار, and پہاڑ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Derived from Classical Persian بهار (bahār) in the sense of blossoms and foliage, as a great many spices are cultivated from the leaves of various plants and herbs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.haːr/

Noun

بَهَار • (bahār) m (plural بَهَارَات (bahārāt))

1. oxeye (Buphthalmum spp.)

   Synonyms: عَرَار (ʕarār), عَيْن الْبَقَر (ʕayn al-baqar), رَبْد (rabd)

2. spice, seasoning

   Synonyms: تَابِل (tābil), أَبْزَار (ʔabzār), أَفَاوِيه (ʔafāwīh)

Declension

Declension of noun بَهَار (bahār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَهَار bahār	الْبَهَار al-bahār	بَهَار bahār
Nominative	بَهَارٌ bahārun	الْبَهَارُ al-bahāru	بَهَارُ bahāru
Accusative	بَهَارًا bahāran	الْبَهَارَ al-bahāra	بَهَارَ bahāra
Genitive	بَهَارٍ bahārin	الْبَهَارِ al-bahāri	بَهَارِ bahāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَهَارَيْن bahārayn	الْبَهَارَيْن al-bahārayn	بَهَارَيْ bahāray
Nominative	بَهَارَانِ bahārāni	الْبَهَارَانِ al-bahārāni	بَهَارَا bahārā
Accusative	بَهَارَيْنِ bahārayni	الْبَهَارَيْنِ al-bahārayni	بَهَارَيْ bahāray
Genitive	بَهَارَيْنِ bahārayni	الْبَهَارَيْنِ al-bahārayni	بَهَارَيْ bahāray
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَهَارَات bahārāt	الْبَهَارَات al-bahārāt	بَهَارَات bahārāt
Nominative	بَهَارَاتٌ bahārātun	الْبَهَارَاتُ al-bahārātu	بَهَارَاتُ bahārātu
Accusative	بَهَارَاتٍ bahārātin	الْبَهَارَاتِ al-bahārāti	بَهَارَاتِ bahārāti
Genitive	بَهَارَاتٍ bahārātin	الْبَهَارَاتِ al-bahārāti	بَهَارَاتِ bahārāti

Derived terms

• بَهَار حُلْو (bahār ḥulw, “allspice”)

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: بهار (bhār)
• → Ottoman Turkish: بهار (bahar), պահար (bahar) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: bahar
  • → Armenian: պահար (pahar)
  • → Bulgarian: баха́р (bahár)
  • → Georgian: ბაჰარი (bahari)
  • → Greek: μπαχάρι (bachári)
  • → Laz: ბეჲარი (beyari)
  • → Macedonian: бахар (bahar)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бѐха̄р

    Latin script: bèhār

  • → Crimean Tatar: baar

(via plural form بَهَارَات (bahārāt)):

• → English: baharat
• → Turkish: baharat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Urdu بھار (bhār) / Hindi भार (bhār).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /bu.haːr/
• (dialects also) IPA^(key): /ba.haːr/

Noun

بُهَار • (buhār) m (plural بُهَارَات (buhārāt)) (obsolete)

1. a dry measure (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. a container of such a measure, a bag
3. a weight measure varying according to place about 200 kilograms

Declension

Declension of noun بُهَار (buhār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُهَار buhār	الْبُهَار al-buhār	بُهَار buhār
Nominative	بُهَارٌ buhārun	الْبُهَارُ al-buhāru	بُهَارُ buhāru
Accusative	بُهَارًا buhāran	الْبُهَارَ al-buhāra	بُهَارَ buhāra
Genitive	بُهَارٍ buhārin	الْبُهَارِ al-buhāri	بُهَارِ buhāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُهَارَيْن buhārayn	الْبُهَارَيْن al-buhārayn	بُهَارَيْ buhāray
Nominative	بُهَارَانِ buhārāni	الْبُهَارَانِ al-buhārāni	بُهَارَا buhārā
Accusative	بُهَارَيْنِ buhārayni	الْبُهَارَيْنِ al-buhārayni	بُهَارَيْ buhāray
Genitive	بُهَارَيْنِ buhārayni	الْبُهَارَيْنِ al-buhārayni	بُهَارَيْ buhāray
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُهَارَات buhārāt	الْبُهَارَات al-buhārāt	بُهَارَات buhārāt
Nominative	بُهَارَاتٌ buhārātun	الْبُهَارَاتُ al-buhārātu	بُهَارَاتُ buhārātu
Accusative	بُهَارَاتٍ buhārātin	الْبُهَارَاتِ al-buhārāti	بُهَارَاتِ buhārāti
Genitive	بُهَارَاتٍ buhārātin	الْبُهَارَاتِ al-buhārāti	بُهَارَاتِ buhārāti

Descendants

• → English: bahar

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بهار”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 121
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 203
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “بهار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 266

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَهَار (bahār), from Classical Persian بهار (bahār).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /bhɑːr/

Noun

بْهار • (bhār) (dual بْهارين (bhārēn), plural بْهارات (bhārāt))

1. spice, seasoning

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَهَار (bahār), from Classical Persian بهار (bahār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.haːr/

Noun

بهار • (bahār) m (plural بهارات (bahārāt))

1. spice

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• պահար (bahar) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian بهار (bahâr).

Noun

بهار • (bahar)

1. blossom
2. verdure
3. foliage
4. spring, the season

Derived terms

• بهارستان (baharistan, “spring season; park, garden”)

See also

Seasons in Ottoman Turkish · موسملر (mevsimler, “seasons”) (layout · text) · category
بهار (bahar, “spring”)	یاز (yaz, “summer”)	گوز (güz, “autumn”)	قیش (kış, “winter”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَهَار (bahār).

Noun

بهار • (bahar)

1. spice

Derived terms

• یڭیبهار (yeñibahar, “allspice”)

Related terms

• قارنبهار (karnabahar, “cauliflower”)

Descendants

• Turkish: bahar
• → Armenian: պահար (pahar)
• → Bulgarian: баха́р (bahár)
• → Georgian: ბაჰარი (bahari)
• → Greek: μπαχάρι (bachári)
• → Laz: ბეჲარი (beyari)
• → Macedonian: бахар (bahar)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: бѐха̄р

  Latin script: bèhār

• → Crimean Tatar: baar

Persian

گل‌های بهاری

Alternative forms

• باهار (bâhâr)

Etymology

From Middle Persian whʾl (wahār), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎠𐏃𐎼 (v-a-h-r), from Proto-Iranian *wáhār, collective of *wáhr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wásr̥, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).

Cognate with Mazanderani وهار (vehār), Talysh اوسور (əvəsor), Laki وهار (whar), Zazaki wesar, Central Kurdish بەھار (behar). Other cognates include Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta), Old Armenian գարուն (garun), Latin ver, Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Old Church Slavonic весна (vesna), Lithuanian vãsara, Old Norse vár.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ba.ˈhɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɦɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɦɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑːɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔːɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæ.ɦɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɦɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bahār
Dari reading?	bahār
Iranian reading?	bahâr
Tajik reading?	bahor

Noun

Dari	بهار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	баҳор

بهار • (bahâr)

1. spring (season)
2. blossom

Related terms

• بهاری (bahâri)
• بهاره (bahâre)
• بهاران (bahârân)
• بهارستان (bahârestân)

Descendants

• → Armenian: բահար (bahar)
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܗܵܪ (bahār)
• → Azerbaijani: bahar
• → Bengali: বাহার (bahar)
• → Classical Mandaic: ࡁࡄࡀࡓ (bhar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बहार (bahār)

  Urdu: بہار (bahār)

• → Ottoman Turkish: بهار (bahar), պահար (bahar) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: bahar
  • → Armenian: պահար (pahar)
  • → Bulgarian: баха́р (bahár)
  • → Georgian: ბაჰარი (bahari)
  • → Greek: μπαχάρι (bachári)
  • → Laz: ბეჲარი (beyari)
  • → Macedonian: бахар (bahar)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бѐха̄р

    Latin script: bèhār

  • → Crimean Tatar: baar
• → Punjabi: ਬਹਾਰ (bahār)
• → Sindhi: بهار (bahāra)
• → Uzbek: bahor

See also

Seasons in Persian · فَصْل (fasl) (layout · text) · category
بَهار (bahâr, “spring”)	تابِسْتان (tâbestân, “summer”)	پاییز (pâyiz, “autumn”)	زِمِسْتان (zemestân, “winter”)

Proper noun

بهار • (bahâr)

1. a female given name, Bahar, from Middle Persian

Sindhi

Etymology

From Classical Persian بهار (bahār). Compare Urdu بہار (bahār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baɦɑːra]

Noun

بهار • (bahāra) f (Devanagari बहार)

1. (season) spring
2. blossom

See also

Seasons in Sindhi · مندون (mundūn) (layout · text) · category
بهار (bahāra, “spring”)	اونهارو (ūnhāro, “summer”)	سرء (sarau, “autumn”)	سيارو (siāro, “winter”)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَهَار (bahār), from Classical Persian بهار (bahār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bhaːr/, [bhɑːrˤ]

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Noun

بهار • (bhār) m (plural بهارات (bhārāt))

1. spice