Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek βῡκᾰ́νη (būkắnē, “spiral trumpet, horn”), from Latin būcina. The modern sense is a semantic loan from Arabic بُوق (būq) of which is derived as a phono-semantic matching.
ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܵܐ • (būqīnā) m sg (plural ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܹ̈ܐ (būqīnē))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܝܼ (būqīnī) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܲܢ (būqīnan) | |||
| construct | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢ (būqīn) | 2nd person | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܘܼܟ݂ (būqīnūḵ) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܵܟ݂ܝ (būqīnāḵ) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (būqīnāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܵܐ (būqīnā) | 3rd person | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܹܗ (būqīnēh) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܵܗ̇ (būqīnāh) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܗܘܿܢ (būqīnhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܝܼ̈ (būqīnī) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܲܢ̈ (būqīnan) | |||
| construct | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܲܝ̈ (būqīnay) | 2nd person | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (būqīnūḵ) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (būqīnāḵ) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (būqīnāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܹ̈ܐ (būqīnē) | 3rd person | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (būqīnūh) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (būqīnōh) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ (būqīnhōn) | |||