Etymograph

English

bahar

Bahar may come from Egyptian Arabic بهار.

  1. Egyptian Arabicmodernبهار1bahāruncertain
  2. Englishtodaybahar1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English bahar

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Egyptian ArabicmodernبهارWiktionary, English baharbahāruncertain
  2. EnglishtodaybaharWiktionary, English bahar

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, 158 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.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “bahar”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Egyptian Arabic بهار / bahar

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