How to say "firstborn (also: virgin)" in Arabic
CognateMeaningfirstborn (also: virgin)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بِكْر
bikrבכר
بكر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בְּכוֹר
bekhorبِخُور
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ب-ك-رHebrew root
ב-כ-רBikr and Hebrew bekhor (בכור) are the same root, consonant for consonant — the same b-k-r that gives Arabic bukra, 'tomorrow, early morning', and Hebrew boker, 'morning': the firstborn is, at root, 'the early one'.
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In a phrase
اِبْنِي الْبِكْر
ibnī l-bikrאבני אל-בכרmy firstborn son
Plural
أَبْكَار
abkārאבכארbroken plural aCCāC — like بكر→أبكار.