وكر

وَكْرٌ ذ The nest (عُشّ) of a bird; (AA, S, A, Msb, K;) wherever it is; in a mountain or a tree; (AA, S, Msb;) and so if the bird is not in it; (M, A, K;) as also ↓ وَكْرَةٌ: (K:) the place in which a bird lays its eggs, and has, or hatches, its young; being a hole in a wall, or in a tree: (T, TA:) the place into which the bird enters; as also وَكْنٌ: (As, TA:) [see also عُشٌّ; and سَرَبٌ:] pl. (of pauc., TA:) أَوْكُرٌ (K) and أَوْكَارٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) and (of mult., TA) وُكُورٌ (S, K) and وِكَارٌ (Msb) and وُكَرٌ. (K.) You say, بُيُوتٌ كَأَوْكارِ الطَّيْرِ [ Houses like the nests of birds ]. (A.) ― -b2- (tropical:) [ A house: as in the following saying,] مَا دَارَ فِى فِكْرِىنُزُولُكَ فِى وَكْرِى (tropical:) Thine alighting at my house was not revolved in my mind ]. (A.) See also وَكِيرَةٌ. ― -b3- The فَرْض [q. v.] of a زَنْدَة. (A, in art. فرض.)