بريد
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بريد¹
- /ba.riːd/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Greek βέρηδος (bérēdos), from Ancient Greek βέρεδος (béredos), borrowed from Latin verēdus, borrowed from Gaulish *werēdos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos, from *uɸo- + *reidos.
First attested in the 6th century.
noun بَرِيد · barīd · بُرُد · الْبَرِيد
- post, mail, an institution to send messages, intelligence
- messenger, courier, express, estafette, a person employed in the institution of mail or intelligence
- the beast by which messages are sent by the mail institution, a post-horse, post-mule or post-camel عَلى كلّ مَقصُوصِ الذُّنَابى مُعاوِدٍ بَرِيدِ السُّرَى باللّيلِ من خيلِ بَرْبرَا
- a measure of distance, a postal route فأمّا الْبَرِيد ففيه خلاف وذهب قوم إلى أنه بالبادية اثنا عشر ميلا وبالشام وخراسان ستة أميال
- post office, a stationed relay
بريد²
- /ba.riːd/
Where it comes from
Apparently from بَرَدَ (barada, “to cut off”).
noun بَرِيد · barīd · الْبَرِيد · بَرِيدٌ
- crumb, piece of bread eaten to a stew for volume وقولون البَرِيدُ لخبز يلقى عليه الماء تَطْعَمُةُ النِّسَاءُ لِلسُّمْنَةِ. والصّوَاب الْمَبْرُودُ.
In English
- mail postal delivery system
- post method of delivering mail
- post office place
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