Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bahira

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bahi-ra
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A classification of sea inlet; a depression in the land flooded by the sea during the Holocene transgression and connected to the sea by a narrow passage.

Example Sentences

"The Etang de Diana in Corsica is a bahira type of inlet."

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَحْر (baḥr, “little sea”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: ب ح ر, بَحْر

Inflected Forms

bahiras (plural)

Questions

What does bahira mean?: A classification of sea inlet; a depression in the land flooded by the sea during the Holocene transgression and connected to the sea by a narrow passage.
Where does bahira come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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