بالغ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ل غ (b l ḡ)
11 terms

Compare بَلَغَ (balaḡa, “to reach, to arrive, to come to, to amount to”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baː.la.ɣa/

Verb

بَالَغَ • (bālaḡa) III (non-past يُبَالِغُ (yubāliḡu), verbal noun مُبَالَغَة (mubālaḡa))

  1. to exaggerate [with فِي (fī) ‘something’]
  2. to overdo [with فِي (fī) ‘something’]
  3. to do one’s utmost [with فِي (fī) ‘in something’]
  4. to intensify [with فِي (fī) ‘something’]
Conjugation
Conjugation of بَالَغَ (III, sound, impersonal passive, verbal noun مُبَالَغَة)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر 		مُبَالَغَة
mubālaḡa
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل 		مُبَالِغ
mubāliḡ
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول 		مُبَالَغ
mubālaḡ
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m بَالَغْتُ
bālaḡtu 		بَالَغْتَ
bālaḡta 		بَالَغَ
bālaḡa 		بَالَغْتُمَا
bālaḡtumā 		بَالَغَا
bālaḡā 		بَالَغْنَا
bālaḡnā 		بَالَغْتُمْ
bālaḡtum 		بَالَغُوا
bālaḡū
f بَالَغْتِ
bālaḡti 		بَالَغَتْ
bālaḡat 		بَالَغَتَا
bālaḡatā 		بَالَغْتُنَّ
bālaḡtunna 		بَالَغْنَ
bālaḡna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m أُبَالِغُ
ʔubāliḡu 		تُبَالِغُ
tubāliḡu 		يُبَالِغُ
yubāliḡu 		تُبَالِغَانِ
tubāliḡāni 		يُبَالِغَانِ
yubāliḡāni 		نُبَالِغُ
nubāliḡu 		تُبَالِغُونَ
tubāliḡūna 		يُبَالِغُونَ
yubāliḡūna
f تُبَالِغِينَ
tubāliḡīna 		تُبَالِغُ
tubāliḡu 		تُبَالِغَانِ
tubāliḡāni 		تُبَالِغْنَ
tubāliḡna 		يُبَالِغْنَ
yubāliḡna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m أُبَالِغَ
ʔubāliḡa 		تُبَالِغَ
tubāliḡa 		يُبَالِغَ
yubāliḡa 		تُبَالِغَا
tubāliḡā 		يُبَالِغَا
yubāliḡā 		نُبَالِغَ
nubāliḡa 		تُبَالِغُوا
tubāliḡū 		يُبَالِغُوا
yubāliḡū
f تُبَالِغِي
tubāliḡī 		تُبَالِغَ
tubāliḡa 		تُبَالِغَا
tubāliḡā 		تُبَالِغْنَ
tubāliḡna 		يُبَالِغْنَ
yubāliḡna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m أُبَالِغْ
ʔubāliḡ 		تُبَالِغْ
tubāliḡ 		يُبَالِغْ
yubāliḡ 		تُبَالِغَا
tubāliḡā 		يُبَالِغَا
yubāliḡā 		نُبَالِغْ
nubāliḡ 		تُبَالِغُوا
tubāliḡū 		يُبَالِغُوا
yubāliḡū
f تُبَالِغِي
tubāliḡī 		تُبَالِغْ
tubāliḡ 		تُبَالِغَا
tubāliḡā 		تُبَالِغْنَ
tubāliḡna 		يُبَالِغْنَ
yubāliḡna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m بَالِغْ
bāliḡ 		بَالِغَا
bāliḡā 		بَالِغُوا
bāliḡū
f بَالِغِي
bāliḡī 		بَالِغْنَ
bāliḡna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m — — بُولِغَ
būliḡa 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m — — يُبَالَغُ
yubālaḡu 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m — — يُبَالَغَ
yubālaḡa 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m — — يُبَالَغْ
yubālaḡ 		— — — — —
f — — — — —

Etymology 2

Root
ب ل غ (b l ḡ)
11 terms

Derived from the active participle of the verb بَلَغَ (balaḡa, “to reach, to arrive, to come to, to amount to”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baː.li.ɣun/

Participle

بَالِغٌ • (bāliḡun) (form VI, feminine بَالِغَةٌ (bāliḡatun), masculine plural بَالِغُونَ (bāliḡūna), feminine plural بَالِغَاتٌ (bāliḡātun))

  1. active participle of بَلَغَ (balaḡa)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 65:3:
      إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَالِغُ أَمْرِهِ
      ʔinna l-laha bāliḡu ʔamrihi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of adjective بَالِغ (bāliḡ)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
informal بَالِغ
bāliḡ 		الْبَالِغ
al-bāliḡ 		بَالِغ
bāliḡ 		بَالِغَة
bāliḡa 		الْبَالِغَة
al-bāliḡa 		بَالِغَة
bāliḡat
nominative بَالِغٌ
bāliḡun 		الْبَالِغُ
al-bāliḡu 		بَالِغُ
bāliḡu 		بَالِغَةٌ
bāliḡatun 		الْبَالِغَةُ
al-bāliḡatu 		بَالِغَةُ
bāliḡatu
accusative بَالِغًا
bāliḡan 		الْبَالِغَ
al-bāliḡa 		بَالِغَ
bāliḡa 		بَالِغَةً
bāliḡatan 		الْبَالِغَةَ
al-bāliḡata 		بَالِغَةَ
bāliḡata
genitive بَالِغٍ
bāliḡin 		الْبَالِغِ
al-bāliḡi 		بَالِغِ
bāliḡi 		بَالِغَةٍ
bāliḡatin 		الْبَالِغَةِ
al-bāliḡati 		بَالِغَةِ
bāliḡati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
informal بَالِغَيْن
bāliḡayn 		الْبَالِغَيْن
al-bāliḡayn 		بَالِغَيْ
bāliḡay 		بَالِغَتَيْن
bāliḡatayn 		الْبَالِغَتَيْن
al-bāliḡatayn 		بَالِغَتَيْ
bāliḡatay
nominative بَالِغَانِ
bāliḡāni 		الْبَالِغَانِ
al-bāliḡāni 		بَالِغَا
bāliḡā 		بَالِغَتَانِ
bāliḡatāni 		الْبَالِغَتَانِ
al-bāliḡatāni 		بَالِغَتَا
bāliḡatā
accusative بَالِغَيْنِ
bāliḡayni 		الْبَالِغَيْنِ
al-bāliḡayni 		بَالِغَيْ
bāliḡay 		بَالِغَتَيْنِ
bāliḡatayni 		الْبَالِغَتَيْنِ
al-bāliḡatayni 		بَالِغَتَيْ
bāliḡatay
genitive بَالِغَيْنِ
bāliḡayni 		الْبَالِغَيْنِ
al-bāliḡayni 		بَالِغَيْ
bāliḡay 		بَالِغَتَيْنِ
bāliḡatayni 		الْبَالِغَتَيْنِ
al-bāliḡatayni 		بَالِغَتَيْ
bāliḡatay
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
informal بَالِغِين
bāliḡīn 		الْبَالِغِين
al-bāliḡīn 		بَالِغِي
bāliḡī 		بَالِغَات
bāliḡāt 		الْبَالِغَات
al-bāliḡāt 		بَالِغَات
bāliḡāt
nominative بَالِغُونَ
bāliḡūna 		الْبَالِغُونَ
al-bāliḡūna 		بَالِغُو
bāliḡū 		بَالِغَاتٌ
bāliḡātun 		الْبَالِغَاتُ
al-bāliḡātu 		بَالِغَاتُ
bāliḡātu
accusative بَالِغِينَ
bāliḡīna 		الْبَالِغِينَ
al-bāliḡīna 		بَالِغِي
bāliḡī 		بَالِغَاتٍ
bāliḡātin 		الْبَالِغَاتِ
al-bāliḡāti 		بَالِغَاتِ
bāliḡāti
genitive بَالِغِينَ
bāliḡīna 		الْبَالِغِينَ
al-bāliḡīna 		بَالِغِي
bāliḡī 		بَالِغَاتٍ
bāliḡātin 		الْبَالِغَاتِ
al-bāliḡāti 		بَالِغَاتِ
bāliḡāti

Adjective

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baː.liɣ/

بَالِغ • (bāliḡ) (feminine بَالِغَة (bāliḡa), masculine plural بَالِغُونَ (bāliḡūna), feminine plural بَالِغَات (bāliḡāt))

  1. (superlative form) extensive, far-reaching
  2. considerable, profound, serious
  3. intense, high, extreme, strong
  4. (of feelings) violent, vehement
Declension
Declension of adjective بَالِغ (bāliḡ)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal بَالِغ
bāliḡ 		الْبَالِغ
al-bāliḡ 		بَالِغَة
bāliḡa 		الْبَالِغَة
al-bāliḡa
nominative بَالِغٌ
bāliḡun 		الْبَالِغُ
al-bāliḡu 		بَالِغَةٌ
bāliḡatun 		الْبَالِغَةُ
al-bāliḡatu
accusative بَالِغًا
bāliḡan 		الْبَالِغَ
al-bāliḡa 		بَالِغَةً
bāliḡatan 		الْبَالِغَةَ
al-bāliḡata
genitive بَالِغٍ
bāliḡin 		الْبَالِغِ
al-bāliḡi 		بَالِغَةٍ
bāliḡatin 		الْبَالِغَةِ
al-bāliḡati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal بَالِغَيْن
bāliḡayn 		الْبَالِغَيْن
al-bāliḡayn 		بَالِغَتَيْن
bāliḡatayn 		الْبَالِغَتَيْن
al-bāliḡatayn
nominative بَالِغَانِ
bāliḡāni 		الْبَالِغَانِ
al-bāliḡāni 		بَالِغَتَانِ
bāliḡatāni 		الْبَالِغَتَانِ
al-bāliḡatāni
accusative بَالِغَيْنِ
bāliḡayni 		الْبَالِغَيْنِ
al-bāliḡayni 		بَالِغَتَيْنِ
bāliḡatayni 		الْبَالِغَتَيْنِ
al-bāliḡatayni
genitive بَالِغَيْنِ
bāliḡayni 		الْبَالِغَيْنِ
al-bāliḡayni 		بَالِغَتَيْنِ
bāliḡatayni 		الْبَالِغَتَيْنِ
al-bāliḡatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal بَالِغِين
bāliḡīn 		الْبَالِغِين
al-bāliḡīn 		بَالِغَات
bāliḡāt 		الْبَالِغَات
al-bāliḡāt
nominative بَالِغُونَ
bāliḡūna 		الْبَالِغُونَ
al-bāliḡūna 		بَالِغَاتٌ
bāliḡātun 		الْبَالِغَاتُ
al-bāliḡātu
accusative بَالِغِينَ
bāliḡīna 		الْبَالِغِينَ
al-bāliḡīna 		بَالِغَاتٍ
bāliḡātin 		الْبَالِغَاتِ
al-bāliḡāti
genitive بَالِغِينَ
bāliḡīna 		الْبَالِغِينَ
al-bāliḡīna 		بَالِغَاتٍ
bāliḡātin 		الْبَالِغَاتِ
al-bāliḡāti

Adjective

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baː.liɣ/

بَالِغ • (bāliḡ) (feminine بَالِغَة (bāliḡa) or بَالِغ (bāliḡ), masculine plural بَالِغُونَ (bāliḡūna), feminine plural بَالِغَات (bāliḡāt))

  1. one who has reached puberty; pubescent, mature, of age, in one’s majority, adult
    Synonym: رَاشِد (rāšid)
Declension
Declension of adjective بَالِغ (bāliḡ)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)‎;
basic singular triptote
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal بَالِغ
bāliḡ 		الْبَالِغ
al-bāliḡ 		بَالِغَة‎; بَالِغ
bāliḡa‎; bāliḡ 		الْبَالِغَة‎; الْبَالِغ
al-bāliḡa‎; al-bāliḡ
nominative بَالِغٌ
bāliḡun 		الْبَالِغُ
al-bāliḡu 		بَالِغَةٌ‎; بَالِغٌ
bāliḡatun‎; bāliḡun 		الْبَالِغَةُ‎; الْبَالِغُ
al-bāliḡatu‎; al-bāliḡu
accusative بَالِغًا
bāliḡan 		الْبَالِغَ
al-bāliḡa 		بَالِغَةً‎; بَالِغًا
bāliḡatan‎; bāliḡan 		الْبَالِغَةَ‎; الْبَالِغَ
al-bāliḡata‎; al-bāliḡa
genitive بَالِغٍ
bāliḡin 		الْبَالِغِ
al-bāliḡi 		بَالِغَةٍ‎; بَالِغٍ
bāliḡatin‎; bāliḡin 		الْبَالِغَةِ‎; الْبَالِغِ
al-bāliḡati‎; al-bāliḡi
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal بَالِغَيْن
bāliḡayn 		الْبَالِغَيْن
al-bāliḡayn 		بَالِغَتَيْن‎; بَالِغَيْن
bāliḡatayn‎; bāliḡayn 		الْبَالِغَتَيْن‎; الْبَالِغَيْن
al-bāliḡatayn‎; al-bāliḡayn
nominative بَالِغَانِ
bāliḡāni 		الْبَالِغَانِ
al-bāliḡāni 		بَالِغَتَانِ‎; بَالِغَانِ
bāliḡatāni‎; bāliḡāni 		الْبَالِغَتَانِ‎; الْبَالِغَانِ
al-bāliḡatāni‎; al-bāliḡāni
accusative بَالِغَيْنِ
bāliḡayni 		الْبَالِغَيْنِ
al-bāliḡayni 		بَالِغَتَيْنِ‎; بَالِغَيْنِ
bāliḡatayni‎; bāliḡayni 		الْبَالِغَتَيْنِ‎; الْبَالِغَيْنِ
al-bāliḡatayni‎; al-bāliḡayni
genitive بَالِغَيْنِ
bāliḡayni 		الْبَالِغَيْنِ
al-bāliḡayni 		بَالِغَتَيْنِ‎; بَالِغَيْنِ
bāliḡatayni‎; bāliḡayni 		الْبَالِغَتَيْنِ‎; الْبَالِغَيْنِ
al-bāliḡatayni‎; al-bāliḡayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal بَالِغِين
bāliḡīn 		الْبَالِغِين
al-bāliḡīn 		بَالِغَات
bāliḡāt 		الْبَالِغَات
al-bāliḡāt
nominative بَالِغُونَ
bāliḡūna 		الْبَالِغُونَ
al-bāliḡūna 		بَالِغَاتٌ
bāliḡātun 		الْبَالِغَاتُ
al-bāliḡātu
accusative بَالِغِينَ
bāliḡīna 		الْبَالِغِينَ
al-bāliḡīna 		بَالِغَاتٍ
bāliḡātin 		الْبَالِغَاتِ
al-bāliḡāti
genitive بَالِغِينَ
bāliḡīna 		الْبَالِغِينَ
al-bāliḡīna 		بَالِغَاتٍ
bāliḡātin 		الْبَالِغَاتِ
al-bāliḡāti

Descendants

  • → Malay: baligh
    • Indonesian: balig
  • → Persian: بالغ (bâleġ).

Malay

Noun

بالغ (plural بالغ-بالغ or بالغ٢)

  1. Jawi spelling of baligh.‎

Adjective

بالغ

  1. Jawi spelling of baligh.‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

Adjective

بالغ • (baliğ)

  1. arriving, attaining, reaching; amounting to
  2. pubescent (having reached puberty), adolescent

Descendants

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “baliğ”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالغ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 247a

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bāliġ
Dari reading? bāliġ
Iranian reading? bâleġ
Tajik reading? boliġ

Adjective

بالغ • (bâleġ) (comparative بالغ‌تَر, superlative بالغ‌تَرین)

  1. adult
  2. mature
  3. ripe
  4. in one's majority

Noun

بالغ • (bâleġ) (plural بالغان (bâleġân), or بالغ‌ها (bâleġ-hâ))

  1. adult

Derived terms

  • نا بالغ (nâ-bâleġ)
  • بالغ شدن (bâleġ šodan)
  • مبالغه (mobâleġe)

Descendants

Etymology 2

From an Eastern Iranian language. Probably cognate with Sanskrit पात्र (pātra). Also perhaps akin to Turkish bardak, an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

بالغ • (bâloġ)

  1. (Transoxianan, obsolete) drinking horn

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ل غ
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَالَغَ (bālaḡa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baː.laɣ/, [ˈbæː.laɣ]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

بالغ • (bālaḡ) III (present ببالغ (bibāleḡ))

  1. to exaggerate
    Synonym: كبّر (kabbar)

Conjugation

Conjugation of بالغ
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بالغت (bālaḡt) بالغت (bālaḡt) بالغ (bālaḡ) بالغنا (bālaḡna) بالغتو (bālaḡtu) بالغو (bālaḡu)
f بالغتي (bālaḡti) بالغت (bālaḡat)
present m ببالغ (babāleḡ) بتبالغ (bitbāleḡ) ببالغ (bibāleḡ) منبالغ (minbāleḡ) بتبالغو (bitbālḡu) ببالغو (bibālḡu)
f بتبالغي (bitbālḡi) بتبالغ (bitbāleḡ)
subjunctive m ابالغ (abāleḡ) تبالغ (tbāleḡ) يبالغ (ybāleḡ) نبالغ (nbāleḡ) تبالغو (tbālḡu) يبالغو (ybālḡu)
f تبالغي (tbālḡi) تبالغ (tbāleḡ)
imperative m بالغ (bāleḡ) بالغو (bālḡu)
f بالغي (bālḡi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَالِغ (bāliġ), from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

Noun

بالِغ • (bāliġ) m (Hindi spelling बालिग़)

  1. an adult

Adjective

بَالِغ • (bāliġ) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बालिग़)

  1. adult

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu بالغ (bāliğ), from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

Noun

بالِغ (bāliğ)

  1. adult, mature
  2. young
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