English
bahar
Bahar may come from Egyptian Arabic بهار.
- Egyptian Arabicmodernبهارbahāruncertain
- Englishtodaybahar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Egyptian Arabicmodernبهارbahāruncertain
- Englishtodaybahar
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
different, offer, difference, birth, reference, transfer, prefer, broad, bread, relative, suffer, translation, bear, relation, fortune, relate, burden, extraordinary, bar, differ, referendum, frustration, bore, translate, fury, breeze, referee, fertility, borne, barrel, fertile, berth, broom, extravagant, barn, baron, fret, phosphorus, euphoria, phosphate, 159 more
Today it means
noun A weight used in the 18th and 19th century in the Middle East and the East Indies, of no single standard but rather of varying sizes sometimes termed little bahars and great bahars.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Egyptian Arabic بهار / bahar