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البخر

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to vapor, steam, and exhalation, often associated with heat or unpleasant odors. It extends to concepts of foul smells, particularly in the mouth, and also encompasses smoke and certain plants and places.

Derived headwords

البَخَرnoun
  1. 1.
    vapor, steamboth

    The vapor or steam that rises from something, especially when heated.

  2. 2.
    bad breathboth

    A foul or unpleasant odor emanating from the mouth.

بَخَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to emit vaporboth

    To produce or release vapor or steam, often due to heat.

  2. 2.
    to have bad breathclassical

    To suffer from a foul odor in the mouth.

بَخَرَتِ القِدْرُ — The pot emitted steam.
بَخِرَverb
  1. 1.
    to have bad breathboth

    To have a foul or offensive smell, particularly in the mouth.

بَخِرَ فُوهُ — His mouth had a foul odor.
أَبْخَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to emit vaporclassical

    To cause something to produce vapor or steam.

  2. 2.
    to cause bad breathclassical

    To cause someone to have a foul odor in their mouth.

أَبْخَرَهُ الشَّيْءُ — The thing caused him to have a foul odor.
أَبْخَرadjective
  1. 1.
    having bad breathboth

    Describing someone who has a foul odor in their mouth.

فهو أبخر — He is someone with bad breath.
بُخَارnoun
  1. 1.
    smokeboth

    Smoke that rises from something hot.

كل دخان من حار: بخار — Any smoke from something hot is called 'bukhar'.
المَبْخُورnoun
  1. 1.
    drunkardclassical

    A person who is intoxicated, often implying a state of being overwhelmed or clouded.

البَاخِرnoun
  1. 1.
    waterer of cropsclassical

    One who irrigates or waters crops, likely referring to the flow of water like steam.

بَنَات بَخْرnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A specific type of plant, similar in meaning to 'bahr' (sea), possibly referring to its size or abundance.

بنات بخر: كبحر — Banat Bakhr: like Bahr.
البَخُورnoun
  1. 1.
    incenseboth

    Substances that are burned to produce a pleasant aroma, used for fragrance or in rituals.

البخور: ما يتبخر به — Al-Bukhūr: that which is used for fumigation/incense.
بخور مريمnoun
  1. 1.
    a medicinal plantboth

    A plant known for its medicinal properties, described as clearing, opening, and diuretic.

بخور مريم: نبات جلاء، مفتح، مدر نفاع — Bukhūr Maryam: a plant that clears, opens, is diuretic, and beneficial.
البُخْرَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name referring to a foul-smelling land or water source near Al-Qalīʿa in the Hijaz.

  2. 2.
    a type of plantclassical

    A plant similar to 'al-bakhr' (referring to a foul smell or vapor).

البخراء: أرض، وماءة منتنة قرب القليعة بالحجاز، ونبات، كالبخرة — Al-Bukhrāʾ: land, and a foul-smelling water source near Al-Qalīʿa in the Hijaz, and a plant, like Al-Bakhrāh.
بخاراءname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly a city or region, which can be pronounced with or without shortening the final vowel.

بخاراء: د، ويقصر — Bukharāʾ: a place, and it can be shortened.
البُخَارِيَّةname
  1. 1.
    a street nameclassical

    A street in Basra named after inhabitants from Bukharāʾ.

البخارية: سكة بالبصرة، أسكنها زياد ألف عبد من بخاراء — Al-Bukhāriyyah: a street in Basra, inhabited by a thousand slaves from Bukharāʾ settled by Ziyad.
علي بن بخارname
  1. 1.
    a narratorclassical

    A narrator, likely a traditionist, associated with the name Bukhar.

وعلي بن بخار: محدثان — And Ali bin Bukhar: two traditionists.
أحمد بن محمد بن علي البخاريname
  1. 1.
    a narratorclassical

    A traditionist named Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Ali Al-Bukhari, attributed to the use of incense (bukhur) in inns.

وأحمد بن محمد بن علي البخاري، المنسوب إلى بخار العود، لأنه كان يبخر به في الخانات. محدثان. — And Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Ali Al-Bukhari, attributed to the incense of oud, because he used to fumigate with it in the inns. Two traditionists.
أحمد بن بخارname
  1. 1.
    a narratorclassical

    A traditionist named Ahmad bin Bukhar.

وأحمد بن بخار، وعلي البخاري) : محدثان. — And Ahmad bin Bukhar, and Ali Al-Bukhari: two traditionists.
علي البخاريname
  1. 1.
    a narratorclassical

    A traditionist named Ali Al-Bukhari.

وأحمد بن بخار، وعلي البخاري) : محدثان. — And Ahmad bin Bukhar, and Ali Al-Bukhari: two traditionists.

Parallel reading

فعل البخار
The action of vapor/steam.
بَخَرَتِ القِدْرُ
The pot emitted steam.
وبالتحريك: النتن في الفم وغيره، بَخِرَ، كفرح، فهو أبخر
And with vowel movement: the foul smell in the mouth and elsewhere, one becomes 'bakhira' (having a foul smell), like 'faraha' (to be happy), so he is 'abkhar' (having bad breath).
وأبخره الشيء
And the thing caused him to have a foul odor.
وكل رائحة ساطعة: بَخِر
And every pungent smell: 'bakhir'.
وكل دخان من حار: بخار
And all smoke from something hot: 'bukhar'.
والمبخور: المخمور
And Al-Mabkhūr: the drunkard.
والباخر: ساقي الزرع
And Al-Bākhir: the waterer of the crops.
وبنات بخر: كبحر
And Banāt Bakhr: like Bahr.
والبخور، كصبور: ما يتبخر به
And Al-Bukhūr, like 'ṣabūr': that which is used for fumigation/incense.
وبخور مريم: نبات جلاء، مفتح، مدر نفاع
And Bukhūr Maryam: a plant that clears, opens, is diuretic, and beneficial.
والبخراء: أرض، وماءة منتنة قرب القليعة بالحجاز، ونبات، كالبخرة
And Al-Bukhrāʾ: land, and a foul-smelling water source near Al-Qalīʿa in the Hijaz, and a plant, like Al-Bakhrāh.
وبخاراء: د، ويقصر
And Bukharāʾ: a place, and it can be shortened.
البخارية: سكة بالبصرة، أسكنها زياد ألف عبد من بخاراء
Al-Bukhāriyyah: a street in Basra, inhabited by a thousand slaves from Bukharāʾ settled by Ziyad.
وعلي بن بخار، كغراب، وأحمد بن محمد بن علي البخاري، المنسوب إلى بخار العود، لأنه كان يبخر به في الخانات. محدثان.
And Ali bin Bukhar, like 'ghurāb', and Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Ali Al-Bukhari, attributed to the incense of oud, because he used to fumigate with it in the inns. Two traditionists.
(وأحمد بن بخار، وعلي البخاري) : محدثان.
(And Ahmad bin Bukhar, and Ali Al-Bukhari): two traditionists.