Bashir: meaning, origin and pronunciation
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بشیر
بَشِير
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Bashir (بشیر, Arabic بَشِير) means “bringer of good news”. It comes from the Arabic root ب ش ر. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ب ش ر.
- Meaning
- bringer of good news
- معنی
- خوشخبری دینے والا
Where it comes from
From bashshara, to give good news; used in the Quran of the Prophet ﷺ (e.g. 2:119).
- Say it
- ba-sheerAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ب ش ر
- Other spellings
- Basheer