Arabic

Verb

بِيرَ • ‎(bīra) ‎(form I)

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

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiːɾ]

Etymology

From Arabic بِئْر ‎(biʾr)

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”)