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بَحْر

baḥrin

a sea

সমুদ্রের

Root letters: ب ح رAppears 41 times in the Qur'an#277 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 28

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ب ح ر

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)بَحْرٍۢ33 times
  • Dual (muthannā)ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ5 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)أَبْحُرٍۢ3 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلْبَحْرِthe seal-baḥri · 14 times
  • ٱلْبَحْرَthe seal-baḥra · 6 times
  • وَٱلْبَحْرِand the seawal-baḥri · 5 times
  • ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ(of) the two seasl-baḥrayni · 4 times
  • ٱلْبَحْرُthe seal-baḥru · 2 times
  • ٱلْبِحَارُthe seasl-biḥāru · 2 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ب ح ر — know one root, recognise many words.

  • بَحِيرَةa Bahirahবাহীরা

Examples from the Qur'an

He released the two seas, meeting [one another];

Surah 55:19 — Read full ayah

And when the seas are filled with flame

Surah 81:6 — Read full ayah

And when the seas are erupted

Surah 82:3 — Read full ayah