63%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Arabic Scripts باقر(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. /ˈbaː.qir/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "opener, discoverer" in Arabic, from the root بقر (baqara) meaning "to split open" [1]. Muhammad al-Baqir was the fifth imam of the Shia Muslims. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesBakir(Bosnian) Bagher(Persian) Bakır(Turkish) Categories actions, isograms Sources & References Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 83.