bekâr

bachelor; unmarried person

Opposite of

evli

Pronounced as (IPA)

/be.caɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: بكار

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بكار (bekâr, “bachelor”), from Arabic بِكْر (bikr, “virgin”). Historically confused with the homophone بیكار (bekâr, “unemployed”), a word of Persian origin.

Concepts

lone

celibate

bachelor

maiden

bachelorhood

single person

unattached

Synonyms

boy

evli olmayan

mücerret

bekir

erden

fakülte mezunu

bekar erkek

Translations

célibataire

Junggeselle

alleinstehend

أَعْزَب

εργένης

ledig

solter

Single

عَازِب

Junggesellen

عازِب

Strohwitwer

Alleinstehender

γεροντοπαλλήκαρο

عزب