Bukayr
بكير
Say it bu-KAYR
Little young camel
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- b-k-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The early generations
- Also spelled
- Bukair, Bukayr, Bükeyr
Meaning & source
A diminutive of bakr, a young camel (Lisān).
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البَكر، بِالْفَتْحِ: الفَتِيُّ مِنَ الإِبل بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْغُلَامِ مِنَ النَّاسِ، والأُنثى بَكْرَةٌ، وَقَدْ يُسْتَعَارُ لِلنَّاسِ؛
Who carried this name
- Bukayr ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ashajj of Madinah al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 80 (vol. 6, p. 170)