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 | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢ (būqīn) | 1st person | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܝܼ (būqīnī) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܲܢ (būqīnan) | |||
| construct | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢ (būqīn) | 2nd person | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܘܼܟ݂ (būqīnōḵ) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܵܟ݂ܝ (būqīnāḵ) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (būqīnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܵܐ (būqīnā) | 3rd person | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܹܗ (būqīnēh) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܵܗ̇ (būqīnāh) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܗܘܿܢ (būqīnhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܝܼ̈ܢ (būqīnīn) | 1st person | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܝܼ̈ (būqīnī) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܲܢ̈ (būqīnan) | |||
| construct | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܲܝ̈ (būqīnay) | 2nd person | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (būqīnōḵ) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (būqīnāḵ) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (būqīnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܹ̈ܐ (būqīnē) | 3rd person | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (būqīnūh) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (būqīnōh) | ܒܘܼܩܝܼܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (būqīnayhōn) | |||