بشر

Root
ب ش ر (b š r)
13 terms

From Proto-West Semitic *baśar- (“flesh, human body”). The original meaning "flesh" was replaced by لَحْم (laḥm).

بَشَر • (bašar) m (dual بَشَرَانِ (bašarāni), plural بَشَر (bašar) or أَبْشَار (ʔabšār))

1. human
2. (collective) humans, humankind

• بَشَرِيّ (bašariyy)

• → Azerbaijani: bəşər
• → Persian: بَشَر (bašar)
• → Turkish: beşer

بَشَر • (bašar) m (collective, singulative بَشَرَة f (bašara), plural أَبْشَار (ʔabšār))

1. skin, outer skin, epidermis
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 74:26-30:

     سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ / وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ / لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ / لَوَّاحَةٌ لِلْبَشَرِ / عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

     saʔuṣlīhi saqara / wamā ʔadrāka mā saqaru / lā tubqī walā taḏaru / lawwāḥatun lilbašari / ʕalayhā tisʕata ʕašara

     I shall cast thee into the hellfire. And what shall acquaint you with what the hellfire be? Neither does it preserve nor does it spare. Scorching the skins. Over it are nineteen [angels guarding].

• → Mehri: bəśərēt
• → Shehri: bəśərɛ́t

بَشَرَ • (bašara) I (non-past يَبْشُرُ (yabšuru), verbal noun بَشْر (bašr))

1. to peel, to pare
2. to shave so as to render the skin visible
3. (of locusts) to eat the ground bare
4. to take (a matter) into one's own hands

بَشْر • (bašr) m

1. verbal noun of بَشَرَ (bašara) (form I)

Root
ب ش ر (b š r)
13 terms

Related to بَشَر (bašar, “skin”) as rejoicement manifests itself as a complexion of the skin.

بَشِرَ • (bašira) I (non-past يَبْشَرُ (yabšaru), verbal noun بَشَر (bašar))
بَشَرَ • (bašara) I (non-past يَبْشِرُ (yabširu), verbal noun بَشَر (bašar))

1. to rejoice at, to become glad, to congratulate, to rejoice

بَشَر • (bašar) m

1. verbal noun of بَشِرَ (bašira) (form I)
2. verbal noun of بَشَرَ (bašara) (form I)

Causative of بَشِرَ (bašira, “to rejoice at”). Religious sense is a literal translation of Ancient Greek εὐαγγελίζω (euangelízō), from εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news, gospel”). Cognate with Hebrew בִּשֵׂר (bisér, biśśēr, “to bring good news”).

بَشَّرَ • (baššara) II (non-past يُبَشِّرُ (yubašširu), verbal noun تَبْشِير (tabšīr))

1. to bring good news (to)

   Antonym: أَنْذَرَ (ʔanḏara)

2. (Christianity) to evangelize, to preach the gospel (to)

• Maltese: baxar (in meaning), baxxar

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈʃɛɾ/

بش (beş) +‎ ـر (-er)

بشر • (beşer)

1. distributive of بش (beş): five each

• Turkish: beşer

From Arabic بَشَر (bašar).

بشر • (beşer)

1. man
2. mankind

• Turkish: beşer

Borrowed from Arabic بَشَر (bašar).

Readings
Classical reading?	bašar
Dari reading?	bašar
Iranian reading?	bašar
Tajik reading?	bašar

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بَشَر • (bašar)

1. human
2. humankind

• بَشَرْدوسْت (bašar-dust)
• بَشَرْدوسْتی (bašar-dusti)
• حُقوقِ بَشَر (hoquq-e bašar)

بَشر (bašer)

1. face