بحر (bahr) — "sea" in Modern Standard Arabic

بحر

baHr

sea

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nature and weather
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2 of our stories

"sea" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

بحر

bahr

بحر in a sentence

Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.

قال احمد ممتاز لنذهب الى البحر ثم نخطط لرحلة طويلة في الشهر القادم

qāla aḥmadu mumtāzun linadhhab ilā l-baḥri thumma nukhaṭṭiṭu liriḥlatin ṭawīlatin fī ash-shahri l-qādimi

Ahmed said "Excellent let's go to the sea then we will plan a long trip next month"

from Planning a Weekend Trip

كان الاطفال سعداء جدا بالفكرة للذهاب الى البحر.

Kana al-atfalu su'ada' jiddan bil-fikrati li-l-dhahabi ila al-bahr.

The children were very happy with the idea to go to the sea.

from The Weekend Trip

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