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Arabic
Pronunciation
Noun
بِغَاء • (biḡāʔ) m
- 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
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of noun بِغَاء (biḡāʔ)
| Singular
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basic singular triptote
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| Indefinite
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Definite
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Construct
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| Informal
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بِغَاء
biḡāʔ
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الْبِغَاء
al-biḡāʔ
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بِغَاء
biḡāʔ
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| Nominative
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بِغَاءٌ
biḡāʔun
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الْبِغَاءُ
al-biḡāʔu
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بِغَاءُ
biḡāʔu
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| Accusative
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بِغَاءً
biḡāʔan
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الْبِغَاءَ
al-biḡāʔa
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بِغَاءَ
biḡāʔa
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| Genitive
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بِغَاءٍ
biḡāʔin
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الْبِغَاءِ
al-biḡāʔi
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بِغَاءِ
biḡāʔi
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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, 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
Adjective
بغاء (bəɣaʔ) (Thai spelling บือรฺะ)
- heavy