See also: باف

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ب ق ي (b-q-y)

Derived from the active participle of بَقِيَ (baqiya, to remain).

Adjective edit

بَاقٍ (bāqin) (informal بَاقِي (bāqī), feminine بَاقِيَة (bāqiya), masculine plural بَاقُونَ (bāqūna), feminine plural بَوَاقٍ (bawāqin) or بَاقِيَات (bāqiyāt), elative أَبْقَى (ʔabqā))

  1. who remains, who survives
  2. remaining, left
  3. everlasting, permanent
  4. surviving
  5. eternal (of God)

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Noun edit

بَاقٍ (bāqinm (construct state بَاقِي (bāqī), plural بَوَاقٍ (bawāqin))

  1. rest, remainder
  2. balance of an account

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Gulf Arabic: بَاقِی (bāqi, remainder (sense 2)), باجي (bāji, change, remainder (of money)), باقي (bāgi, to remain)
  • Hijazi Arabic: بَاقِي (bāgi)
  • Azerbaijani: baqi
  • Persian: بَاقِی (see there for further descendants)
  • Kazakh: бақи (baqi)
  • Ottoman Turkish: باقی (bāḳi)
    Turkish: baki, Baki
  • Turkmen: baky
  • Uyghur: باقى (baqi)
  • Uzbek: bqija

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Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

باق (bāg) (non-past يبوق (ybūg))

  1. (also figuratively) to illegally or immorally take away money, person(s) or thing(s); to steal; to rob; to burglarize; to embezzle.
    1. to kidnap.
    Synonyms: خطف (ḵiṭaf), اختطف (iḵtiṭaf)

Kyrgyz edit

Noun edit

باق (baq)

  1. Arabic spelling of бак (bak).