بغاء

Arabic

Root
ب غ ي (b ḡ y)
7 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ɣaːʔ/

Noun

بِغَاء • (biḡāʔ) m

1. prostitution
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:33:

     وَلَا تُكْرِهُوا فَتَيَاتِكُمْ عَلَى الْبِغَاءِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَ تَحَصُّنًا لِتَبْتَغُوا عَرَضَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا

     walā tukrihū fatayātikum ʕalā l-biḡāʔi ʔin ʔaradna taḥaṣṣunan litabtaḡū ʕaraḍa l-ḥayāti d-dunyā

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Declension

Declension of noun بِغَاء (biḡāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِغَاء biḡāʔ	الْبِغَاء al-biḡāʔ	بِغَاء biḡāʔ
Nominative	بِغَاءٌ biḡāʔun	الْبِغَاءُ al-biḡāʔu	بِغَاءُ biḡāʔu
Accusative	بِغَاءً biḡāʔan	الْبِغَاءَ al-biḡāʔa	بِغَاءَ biḡāʔa
Genitive	بِغَاءٍ biḡāʔin	الْبِغَاءِ al-biḡāʔi	بِغَاءِ biḡāʔi

References

• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “بغاء”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “بغاء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “بغاء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pattani Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bərat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀəqat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɨ.ɣaʔ/

Adjective

بغاء (bəɣaʔ) (Thai spelling บือรฺะ)

1. heavy