behr

From Old Irish beirid (“carries, bears, brings forth”).

behr (verbal noun brey, past participle behrt)

1. to bear (give birth to)

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• ymmyrk

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• behir, behre

• IPA^(key): /bɛhɾ/
• Hyphenation: behr

behr f (Arabic spelling بەھر)

1. portion, lot, part, share

   Synonyms: beş, pay, pişk

From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr, “sea”), from Proto-West Semitic *baḥr- (“sea”).

• ber

• IPA^(key): /bɛhɾ/, /bɛħɾ/
• Hyphenation: behr

beḧr or behr f (Arabic spelling بەحر or بەھر)

1. sea, ocean

   Synonym: derya

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “behr I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 39
• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “behr II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 39
• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “beḧr”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 39