Baqir

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Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic
Scripts باقر(Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈbaː.qir/

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.