بحر

Meaning

Noun

1. (form-of, noun-from-verb) verbal noun of بَحَرَ (baḥara) (form I)
2. sea
3. large river
4. a noble or great man (possessed of a sea of knowledge, experience and wisdom)
5. poetic meter

Verb

to travel by sea, to make a voyage

Verb

to be startled, to be bewildered with fright

Verb

1. to slit, to cut lengthwise
2. to split
3. to enlarge, to make wide

Concepts

sea

🌊

lake

ocean

🌊

pond

pool

set sail

startle

be startled

body of water

neptune

Ocean

🌊

Sea

🌊

travel by sea

be bewildered

bewilder

bounding main

Synonyms

بَحْر

يم

بَحْرٌ

Translations

Meer

🌊

mer

🌊

See

mar

🌊

mar

🌊

mare

🌊

deniz

🌊

θάλασσα

mare

🌊

zee

🌊

mar

🌊

pelagus

🌊

πέλαγος

mar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baħr/

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *baḥr- (“sea”).