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بَشَر

basharun

a man

একজন মানুষ

Root letters: ب ش رAppears 37 times in the Qur'an#309 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 31

About this word

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

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)بَشَرٌۭ36 times
  • Dual (muthannā)لِبَشَرَيْنِ1 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • بَشَرٌۭhuman beingsbasharun · 13 times
  • بَشَرًۭاa manbasharan · 8 times
  • لِبَشَرٍfor a humanlibasharin · 3 times
  • ٱلْبَشَرِhuman beingl-bashari · 2 times
  • لِّلْبَشَرِthe human (skin)lil'bashari · 2 times
  • بَشَرٌۭ ۖany manbasharun · 1 times

Words with similar meaning

Close in meaning, but each word keeps its own nuance.

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

This is not but the word of a human being."

Surah 74:25 — Read full ayah

And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.

Surah 23:34 — Read full ayah

They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"

Surah 23:47 — Read full ayah