Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ب ل غ (b l ḡ)
11 terms

Compare بَلَغَ (balaḡa, to reach, to arrive, to come to, to amount to).

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Verb

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بَالَغَ (bālaḡa) III (non-past يُبَالِغُ (yubāliḡu), verbal noun مُبَالَغَة (mubālaḡa))

  1. to exaggerate [with فِي () ‘something’]
  2. to overdo [with فِي () ‘something’]
  3. to do one’s utmost [with فِي () ‘in something’]
  4. to intensify [with فِي () ‘something’]
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Etymology 2

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Root
ب ل غ (b l ḡ)
11 terms

Derived from the active participle of the verb بَلَغَ (balaḡa, to reach, to arrive, to come to, to amount to).

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Participle

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بَالِغٌ (bāliḡun) (form VI, feminine بَالِغَةٌ (bāliḡatun), masculine plural بَالِغُونَ (bāliḡūna), feminine plural بَالِغَاتٌ (bāliḡātun))

  1. active participle of بَلَغَ (balaḡa)
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بَالِغ (bāliḡ) (feminine بَالِغَة (bāliḡa), masculine plural بَالِغُونَ (bāliḡūna), feminine plural بَالِغَات (bāliḡāt))

  1. (superlative form) extensive, far-reaching
  2. considerable, profound, serious
  3. intense, high, extreme, strong
  4. (of feelings) violent, vehement
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بَالِغ (bāliḡ) (feminine بَالِغَة (bāliḡa) or بَالِغ (bāliḡ), masculine plural بَالِغُونَ (bāliḡūna), feminine plural بَالِغَات (bāliḡāt))

  1. one who has reached puberty; pubescent, mature, of age, in one’s majority, adult
    Synonym: رَاشِد (rāšid)
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  • Malay: baligh
    • Indonesian: balig
  • Persian: بالغ (bâleğ).

Malay

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Noun

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بالغ (plural بالغ-بالغ or بالغ۲, informal 1st possessive بالغکو, 2nd possessive بالغمو, 3rd possessive بالغڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of baligh

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بالغ

  1. Jawi spelling of baligh

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

Adjective

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بالغ (baliğ)

  1. arriving, attaining, reaching; amounting to
  2. pubescent (having reached puberty), adolescent

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Further reading

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  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “baliğ”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالغ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 247a

Persian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

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Readings
Classical reading? bāliğ
Dari reading? bāliğ
Iranian reading? bâleğ
Tajik reading? boliġ

Adjective

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بالغ (bâleğ) (comparative بالغ‌تَر (bâleğ-tar), superlative بالغ‌تَرین (bâleğ-tarin))

  1. adult
  2. mature
  3. ripe
  4. in one's majority

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بالغ (bâleğ) (plural بالغان (bâleğân) or بالغ‌ها (bâleğ-hâ))

  1. adult

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Etymology 2

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From an Eastern Iranian language. Probably cognate with Sanskrit पात्र (pātra). Also perhaps akin to Turkish bardak, an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

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بالغ (bâloğ)

  1. (Transoxianan, obsolete) drinking horn

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ب ل غ
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic بَالَغَ (bālaḡa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baː.laɣ/, [ˈbæː.laɣ]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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بالغ (bālaḡ) III (present ببالغ (bibāleḡ))

  1. to exaggerate
    Synonym: كبّر (kabbar)

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    Conjugation of بالغ (bālaḡ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بالغت (bālaḡt) بالغت (bālaḡt) بالغ (bālaḡ) بالغنا (bālaḡna) بالغتو (bālaḡtu) بالغو (bālaḡu)
f بالغتي (bālaḡti) بالغت (bālaḡat)
present m ببالغ (babāleḡ) بتبالغ (bitbāleḡ) ببالغ (bibāleḡ) منبالغ (minbāleḡ) بتبالغو (bitbālḡu) ببالغو (bibālḡu)
f بتبالغي (bitbālḡi) بتبالغ (bitbāleḡ)
subjunctive m ابالغ (abāleḡ) تبالغ (tbāleḡ) يبالغ (ybāleḡ) نبالغ (nbāleḡ) تبالغو (tbālḡu) يبالغو (ybālḡu)
f تبالغي (tbālḡi) تبالغ (tbāleḡ)
imperative m بالغ (bāleḡ) بالغو (bālḡu)
f بالغي (bālḡi)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian بَالِغ (bāliğ), from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

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بالِغ (bāliġm (Hindi spelling बालिग़)

  1. an adult

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بَالِغ (bāliġ) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बालिग़)

  1. adult

Ushojo

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Etymology

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From Urdu بالغ (bāliğ).

Noun

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بالِغ (bāliğ)

  1. adult, mature
  2. young