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بَحْر

bahr

1 baHara Hr bHr , (TA,) [aor. baHara ,] inf. n. baHorN , (K,) He slit; cut, or divided, lengthwise; split; or clave; (K, TA;) and enlarged, or made wide. (TA.) Hence the term baHorN [as meaning “ a sea ” or “ great river ”] is said to be derived, because what is so called is cleft, or trenched, in t

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1. بَحَرَ

1 baHara Hr bHr , (TA,) [aor. baHara ,] inf. n. baHorN , (K,) He slit; cut, or divided, lengthwise; split; or clave; (K, TA;) and enlarged, or made wide. (TA.) Hence the term baHorN [as meaning “ a sea ” or “ great river ”] is said to be derived, because what is so called is cleft, or trenched, in t

2. بَحْرٌ

baHorN Hr bHr [ A sea: and a great river: ] a spacious place comprising a large quantity of water; (B;) a large quantity of water, (K, TA,) whether salt or sweet; (TA;) contr. of bar~N ; (S, A;) so called because of its depth (S, TA) and large extent; (S, Msb, TA;) from AlbaHaArapu ; (A;) or because

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Quran text from Tanzil (tanzil.net), distributed verbatim per its license. Morphological facts derived from the Quranic Arabic Corpus (corpus.quran.com, Kais Dukes), stated as facts with source credit. Dictionary senses from Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863-93, public domain), via the Perseus Digital Library.