بيك

See also: بیك

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیگ (bēg), from Proto-Turkic *bēg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːɡ/

Noun

بيك • (bēg) m (plural بيكَوَات (bēgawāt))

1. beg (Iranian, Central Asian and South Asian title)

   Synonym: بَك (bak, “bey (Ottoman title)”)

Declension

Declension of noun بيك (bēg)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بيك bēg	الْبيك al-bēg	بيك bēg
nominative	بيكٌ bēgun	الْبيكُ al-bēgu	بيكُ bēgu
accusative	بيكًا bēgan	الْبيكَ al-bēga	بيكَ bēga
genitive	بيكٍ bēgin	الْبيكِ al-bēgi	بيكِ bēgi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بيكَيْن bēgayn	الْبيكَيْن al-bēgayn	بيكَيْ bēgay
nominative	بيكَانِ bēgāni	الْبيكَانِ al-bēgāni	بيكَا bēgā
accusative	بيكَيْنِ bēgayni	الْبيكَيْنِ al-bēgayni	بيكَيْ bēgay
genitive	بيكَيْنِ bēgayni	الْبيكَيْنِ al-bēgayni	بيكَيْ bēgay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بيكَوَات bēgawāt	الْبيكَوَات al-bēgawāt	بيكَوَات bēgawāt
nominative	بيكَوَاتٌ bēgawātun	الْبيكَوَاتُ al-bēgawātu	بيكَوَاتُ bēgawātu
accusative	بيكَوَاتٍ bēgawātin	الْبيكَوَاتِ al-bēgawāti	بيكَوَاتِ bēgawāti
genitive	بيكَوَاتٍ bēgawātin	الْبيكَوَاتِ al-bēgawāti	بيكَوَاتِ bēgawāti

Derived terms

• بيكَوِيَّة (bēgawiyya, “office or jurisdiction of a beg”)

Related terms

• بيكُم (bēgum, “begum”)

Further reading

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “بيك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Chadian Arabic

بيكات

Etymology

Borrowed from French bic, from BIC, a popular French brand of ballpoint pen, which is from the name of the co-founder of the company manufacturing these pens, Marcel Bich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːk/

Noun

بيك • (bīk) m (plural بيكات (bīkāt))

1. ballpoint pen (writing tool)

   Synonym: قلم مزقي

References

• Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[1] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 28

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from French pic.

Noun

بيك • (bīk)

1. pick, a stonemason’s tool for cutting blocks of stone

Descendants

• → Turkish: bik — Gaziantep

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بيك”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 136b
• Tietze, Andreas (1958) “Direkte arabische Entlehnungen im anatolischen Türkisch”, in J. Eckmann, A. S. Levend, M. Mansuroğlu, editors, Jean Deny Armağanı / Mélanges Jean Deny (in German), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, § 24, page 267 of 255–333