# bahar
## English
### Etymology

From Egyptian Arabic بهار (bahār) or other dialects, Arabic بُهَار (buhār).

### Noun

bahar (plural bahars)
* (historical) A weight used in the 18th and 19th century in the Middle East and the East Indies, of no single standard but rather of varying sizes sometimes termed little bahars and great bahars.
    30 bahars of ivory
    bahars of nutmeg

#### Usage notes

According to Webster's 1913 dictionary, the weight varied from about 223 to 625 pounds. However, according to a 1764 book by John Harris, it was 115 pounds avoirdupois. According to the 1739 publication The Negociator's Magazine, in Sumatra it was 200 cattees (standardized as 100 kg). The weight therefore seems to have differed per region, or even per product.

### References

* ↑ “bahar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* ↑ Navigantium Atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca
* ↑ The Negociator's Magazine

### Anagrams

* Rabha, Rahab

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Persian بهار (bahâr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɑˈhɑr], [bɑˈhɑr̥]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ba‧har

### Noun

bahar (definite accusative baharı, plural baharlar)
* spring (season)
    Synonym: yaz

#### Declension
## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish bajar, from bajo.

### Verb

bahar
* to worsen or to have a diminishing effect on performance

### Adjective

bahar
* characteristic of a decline in performance

## Crimean Tatar
### Noun

bahar (Cyrillic spelling баарь)
* Alternative spelling of baar

#### Declension
## Hausa
### Etymology

From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bá.hàr/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [bə́.hàr]

### Noun

bahàr̃ f
* sea

#### Usage notes

In names of individual seas, sometimes fully low toned as bàhàr̃.

#### Descendants

* → Mwaghavul: bahar

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbahar/ [ˈba.har]
* Rhymes: -ahar
* Syllabification: ba‧har

### Etymology 1

From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr, “sea”).

#### Noun

bahar (plural bahar-bahar)
* sea
    Synonym: laut
* (major) river
    Hypernym: sungai
* (major) lake
    Hypernym: danau

##### Related terms

* bahari

### Etymology 2

From Sanskrit भार (bhāra). Cognate of Arabic بُهَار (buhār).

#### Noun

bahar (plural bahar-bahar)
* (archaic) a measure of weight widely used in Southeast Asia

### References

* ↑ Mona Lohanda, Tom Hoogervorst, Marco Roling, Nurhayu Santoso (2018) VOC Glossary Indonesia, 1.4 edition, Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia (ANRI) and The Corts Foundation (TCF)

### Further reading

* “bahar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑ.hɑɾ/, /bɑ.hɑːɾ/

### Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish بهار (bahâr), from Persian بهار (bahâr, “spring, blossom”).

#### Noun

bahar (definite accusative baharı, plural baharlar)
* spring, springtime
* youth
* blossom

##### See also

* ilkbahar
* sonbahar
* karnabahar

### Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish بهار (bahâr), from Arabic بَهَار (bahār, “spice”), from Classical Persian بهار (bahār, “blossom”).

#### Noun

bahar (definite accusative baharı, plural baharlar)
* spice

##### See also

* baharat
* yenibahar

### Further reading

* “bahar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu