بعر

العربية

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بعر

/ba.ʕa.ra/
/baʕr/

Where it comes from

From بَعِير (baʕīr, “camel”), or compare جَعْر (jaʕr, “dung”), جَعَرَ (jaʕara, “to void one’s dung”). The only parallel form in Semitic is Classical Syriac ܒܥܘܿܪܴܐ (bəʿōrā, “dried dung”), while the animal term is widely attested in Semitic, so it is unlikely that the animal name came from the name of dung – as Hommel suggested – which is also appealing semantically. Compare also Hebrew בָּעַר (“burn (intransitive)”), ביער (“dispose or destroy by burning”).

verb بَعَرَ · baʕara · يَبْعَرُ · بَعْر · بَاعِر

to void dung, to evacuate, to throw out ordure (said of a cloven-hoofed beast)

noun بَعْر · baʕr · بَعْرَة · أَبْعَار · الْبَعْر

collective dung, ordure (of a cloven-hoofed beast) نَهَانَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ نَتَمَسَّحَ بِعَظْمٍ أَوْ بَعْرٍ.

In English

feces digested waste material discharged from the bowels

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"بعر." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%B1. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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بعر. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%B1

Chicago

"بعر." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%B1.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {بعر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}