بخور

Concepts

incense

frankincense

Synonyms

بُخُور

Translations

Weihrauch

θυμίαμα

θυμιάμα

encens

incenso

incensum

incenso

incienso

tütsü

Etymology

From the root ب خ ر (b ḵ r), related to vapor. Compare with بَخَرَ (baḵara, “to boil”), تَبَخَّر (tabaḵḵar, “to evaporate, to perfume with incense”) and بُخَار (buḵār, “vapour, steam”).