Arabic

Noun

بَشَر • ‎(bašar) m ‎(plural بَشَر ‎(bašar) or أَبْشَار ‎(ʾabšār))

1. human
2. humankind

Declension

Noun

بَشَر • ‎(bašar) m ‎(collective, singulative بَشَرَة ‎(bašara), plural أَبْشَار ‎(ʾabšār))

1. skin, outer skin, epidermis

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

بَشَرَ • ‎(bašara) I, non-past يَبْشُرُ‎ (yabšuru)

1. to peel, to pare
2. to shave so as to render the skin visible
3. (of locusts) to eat the ground bare
4. to take (a matter) into one's own hands

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “بشر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• “بشر” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

Etymology 3

Noun

بَشْر • ‎(bašr) m

1. verbal noun of بَشَرَ ‎(bašara) (form I)

Declension

Etymology 4

From the root ب ش ر ‎(b-š-r). Perhaps related to بَشَر ‎(bašar, “skin”). Cognate with Hebrew בישר \ בִּשֵׂר ‎(bisér, biśśēr, “to bring good news”).

Verb

بَشِرَ • ‎(bašira) I, non-past يَبْشَرُ‎ (yabšaru)
بَشَرَ • ‎(bašara) I, non-past يَبْشِرُ‎ (yabširu)

1. to rejoice at, to become glad

Conjugation

Etymology 5

Causative of بَشِرَ ‎(bašira, “to rejoice at”). Religious sense is a literal translation of Ancient Greek εὐαγγελίζω ‎(euangelízō), from εὐαγγέλιον ‎(euangélion, “good news, gospel”)

Verb

بَشَّرَ • ‎(baššara) II, non-past يُبَشِّرُ‎ (yubašširu)

1. to bring good news (to)
2. (Christianity) to evangelize, to preach the gospel (to)

Conjugation

Etymology 6

Noun

بَشَر • ‎(bašar) m

1. verbal noun of بَشِرَ ‎(bašira) (form I)
2. verbal noun of بَشَرَ ‎(bašara) (form I)

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “بشر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic.

Noun

بشر • ‎(bashar)

1. human
2. humankind

Derived terms

• بشردوست ‎(bashar-dust)
• بشردوستی ‎(bashar-dusti)
• حقوق بشر ‎(hoquq-e bashar)