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bekâr

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بكار (bekâr, “bachelor”), from Arabic بِكْر (bikr, “virgin”). Historically confused with the homophone بیكار (bekâr, “unemployed”), from Classical Persian بیکَار (bēkār).

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