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12 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 514

The Quran root ب ك ر b-k-r

Words built from the root ب ك ر ([b-k-r]) appear 12 times in the Quran. The most common is بُكْرَة, “morning”, which comes 7 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
بُكْرَةbukramorning · early7
بِكْرbikrvirgins · young3
إِبْكارibkaarmorning2

Examples from the Quran

فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ مِنَ الْمِحْرَابِ فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَيْهِمْ أَن سَبِّحُوا بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا ١١

بُكْرَةً buk'ratan · (in) the morning

So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allāh] in the morning and afternoon. (Surah Maryam, 19:11)

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا إِلَّا سَلَامًا وَلَهُمْ رِزْقُهُمْ فِيهَا بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا ٦٢

بُكْرَةً buk'ratan · morning

They will not hear therein any ill speech - only [greetings of] peace - and they will have their provision therein, morning and afternoon. (Surah Maryam, 19:62)

قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِيَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا فَارِضٌ وَلَا بِكْرٌ عَوَانٌ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ فَافْعَلُوا مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ ٦٨

بِكْرٌ bik'run · young

They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is." [Moses] said, "[Allāh] says, 'It is a cow which is neither old nor virgin, but median between that,' so do what you are commanded." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:68)

قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَل لِّي آيَةً قَالَ آيَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمْزًا وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ كَثِيرًا وَسَبِّحْ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْإِبْكَارِ ٤١

وَالْإِبْكَارِ wal-ib'kāri · and (in) the morning

He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and exalt [Him with praise] in the evening and the morning." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:41)

Surahs where it comes most

Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.