bekâr

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بكار (bekâr, “bachelor”), from Arabic بِكْر (bikr, “virgin”). Historically confused with the homophone بیكار (bekâr, “unemployed”), a word of Persian origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [beˈcaɾ] Hyphenation: be‧kâr === Noun === bekâr (definite accusative bekârı, plural bekârlar) bachelor; unmarried person Antonym: evli ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== bekâret bikir === References === Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بكار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 272a Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bekâr”, in Nişanyan Sözlük “bekâr”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu