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بير

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Arabic

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Verb

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بِيرَ (bīra) (form I) /biː.ra/

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

Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic بِئْر (biʔr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بير (bīrm, pl ابيار (ʔabyār) and بيار (biyār)

  1. well
  2. shaft
  3. manhole

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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

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Root
ب ي ر
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic بِئْر (biʔr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بير (bīrm (plural أبيار (ʔābyār) or آبار (ʔābār))

  1. well

Derived terms

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Karakhanid

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Etymology

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

Numeral

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بٖيرْ (bīr)

  1. one
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Malay

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Noun

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

  1. Jawi spelling of bir

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic بِئْر (biʔr).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biːr/
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Noun

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بير (bīrm (plural بيار (byār))

  1. well