بختر

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a proud, strutting gait, often associated with arrogance and self-admiration. It extends to describe individuals who walk in such a manner, and by extension, camels exhibiting a similar proud bearing. It also appears as a proper name.

Derived headwords

البَخْتَرَةnoun

1.
Proud gaitboth
A good or fine way of walking, characterized by pride and self-admiration.

التَبَخْتُرnoun

1.
Struttingboth
The act of walking with a proud, strutting gait, often implying arrogance.

بَخْتَرَverb

1.
To strutboth
To walk with a proud, strutting gait.

تَبَخْتَرَverb

1.
To strut proudlyboth
To walk in a proud and self-admiring manner.

يَتَبَخْتَرَىverb

1.
To walk proudlyclassical
To walk with a strutting and proud gait.

البُخْتَرِيّadjective

1.
Struttingboth
One who walks with a proud, strutting gait; a proud walker.
2.
Arrogantboth
Characterized by arrogance and self-admiration in one's gait.
3.
Well-builtclassical
Describing someone with a good physique and a fine gait.

شَنَاق البُخْتَرِيّnoun

1.
Proud walkerclassical
A term for someone who walks with a strutting, arrogant gait.

رَجُلٌ بُخْتِيرnoun

1.
Proud manclassical
A man who is a proud walker, characterized by a strutting gait.

بُخْتَرِيّname

1.
Bukhtariboth
A proper name of a man.

أبو البُخْتَرِيّname

1.
Abu al-Bukhtariboth
A kunya (patronymic or teknonym) referring to someone named al-Bukhtari.

البُخْتَرِيّ من الإِبِلnoun

1.
Proud camelclassical
A camel that walks with a proud, strutting gait, exhibiting haughtiness.

Parallel reading

البَخْتَرَة، والتبختر: مشية حسنة

Al-bakhtarah, and al-tabakhkhur: a fine gait.

وقد بختر وتبختر

And he walked proudly and strutted.

وفلان يمشي البخترية

And so-and-so walks with the Bukhtari gait.

وفلان يتبختر في مشيته ويتبختى

And so-and-so struts in his walk and walks proudly.

جميل المحيا بختري إذا مشى

Beautiful of face, a proud walker when he walks.

شناق البختري: المتبختر في مشيه، وهي مشية المتكبر المعجب بنفسه

Shanaq al-Bukhtari: the one who struts in his walk, and it is the gait of the arrogant, self-admiring person.

ورجل بختير وبختري: صاحب تبختر

And a man is bukhaytir and bukhari: a proud walker.

وقيل: حسن المشي والجسم، والأنثى بخترية

And it was said: good of gait and body, and the female is bukhariyyah.

والبختري من الإبل: الذي يتبختر أي يختال

And the Bukhtari among camels: the one that struts, meaning it is haughty.

وبختري: اسم رجل

And Bukhtari: the name of a man.

جزى الله عنا بختريا ورهطه ... بني عبد عمرو، ما أعف وأمجدا

May God reward us on behalf of Bukhtari and his kin... sons of Abd Amr, how chaste and glorious they are.

إذا كنت تطلب شأو الملوك، ... فأفعل فعال أبي البختري

If you seek the path of kings, ... then do the deeds of Abu al-Bukhtari.

تتبع إخوانه في البلاد، ... فأغنى المقل عن المكثر

He followed his brothers in the lands, ... and enriched the poor from the wealthy.

وأراد البختري فحذف إحدى ياءي النسب

And he intended al-Bukhtari and omitted one of the two 'ya's of attribution.