بير

Arabic

Verb

بِيرَ • (bīra) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of بَارَ‎ (bāra)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بِئْر‎ (biʾr)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːɾ/

Noun

بير‎ • (bīr) m , pl ابيار‎ (ʾabyār) and بيار‎ (biyār)

  1. well
  2. shaft
  3. manhole

Derived terms

  • بيارة‎
  • بيار‎

References

  • Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
  • Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.

Hijazi Arabic

بير

Etymology

From Arabic بِئْر‎ (biʾr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːr/

Noun

بير • (bīr) m

(plural أَبْيار‎ ‎(ʾābyār) or آبار‎ ‎(ʾābār))
  1. well

Derived terms

  • بَيَّارة‎ (bayyāra, “manhole”)

Malay

Noun

بير

  1. Jawi spelling of bir

Moroccan Arabic

Noun

بير (bir) m

  1. well
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