ܒܗܪܐ

From Aramaic בַּהְרָא (bahrā), originally meaning “bright skin spot” or “twilight, dawn, dusk”.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [bah.rɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [bɑːrɑː]

ܒܲܗܪܵܐ • (bahrā) m

1. light, visible light (electromagnetic radiation of a frequency perceptible to the eye)

   Antonym: ܚܸܫܟܵܐ (ḥiškā)

   ܚܙܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܒܲܗܪܵܐ ― ḥzē lēh bahrā ― He saw the light

   ܒܲܗܪܵܐ ܕܣܲܗܪܵܐ ܥܛܝܼܦܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܸܡܫܵܐ. ― bahrā d-sahrā ˁṭīpā ìlēh min šimšā. ― The light of the moon is reflected from the sun.

• ܒܲܗܪܵܢܵܝܵܐ (bahrānāyā)

• ܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ (nuhrā)

• ܒܘܗܪܐ (buhrā)

• IPA^(key): [bahrɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [bahre] (in the plural)

ܒܗܪܐ • (bahrā) m (plural ܒܗܪܐ (bahrē))

1. twilight, dawn, dusk

• “bhr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 61b
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 25b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 37a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 123a