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بخر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to vapor, steam, and exhalation, extending to concepts of foul breath and specific meteorological phenomena. It encompasses the physical state of vapor and its associated smells, both pleasant and unpleasant.

Derived headwords

بُخَارnoun
  1. 1.
    water vapor, what rises from it like smokeboth

    water vapor, what rises from it like smoke

بُخُورnoun
  1. 1.
    incense, fumigationboth

    That which is used for fumigation or burning as incense.

بَخِرnoun
  1. 1.
    bad breathboth

    Foul odor emanating from the mouth.

أَبْخَرadjective
  1. 1.
    having bad breathboth

    having bad breath

بَنَات بَخْرnoun
  1. 1.
    thin white cloudsclassical

    Refers to thin, white clouds, also spelled with a 'ḥā'.

Parallel reading

بخار الماء: ما يرتفع منه كالدخان.
Water vapor: what rises from it like smoke.
والبخور بالفتح: ما يتبخر به.
And incense (bukhūr) with the fatḥa: that which is used for fumigation.
والبخر: نتن الفم.
And bad breath (bakhar): foulness of the mouth.
وقد بَخِرَ فهو أبخر.
And he had bad breath, so he is abkhar (one with bad breath).
وبنات بخر: سحائب بيض رقاق، وبالحاء أيضا.
And banāt bakhar: thin white clouds, and also spelled with a ḥā.