باي
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baːj/
Etymology 1
Clipping of بَايْسِبْس (bāysibs, “biceps”).
Noun
بَاي • (bāy) m
- (anatomy, bodybuilding, colloquial) biceps, biceps brachii
Etymology 2
Noun
بَاي • (bāy) m (plural بَايَات (bāyāt))
- alternative form of بِيه (bēh, “bey, a title in the Ottoman Empire”)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَاي bāy |
الْبَاي al-bāy |
بَاي bāy |
| nominative | بَايٌ bāyun |
الْبَايُ al-bāyu |
بَايُ bāyu |
| accusative | بَايًا bāyan |
الْبَايَ al-bāya |
بَايَ bāya |
| genitive | بَايٍ bāyin |
الْبَايِ al-bāyi |
بَايِ bāyi |
| plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَايَات bāyāt |
الْبَايَات al-bāyāt |
بَايَات bāyāt |
| nominative | بَايَاتٌ bāyātun |
الْبَايَاتُ al-bāyātu |
بَايَاتُ bāyātu |
| accusative | بَايَاتٍ bāyātin |
الْبَايَاتِ al-bāyāti |
بَايَاتِ bāyāti |
| genitive | بَايَاتٍ bāyātin |
الْبَايَاتِ al-bāyāti |
بَايَاتِ bāyāti |
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baːj/
Interjection
باي • (bāy)
- bye
- Synonyms: مع السلامة (maʕ al-salāma), سلام (salām)
South Levantine Arabic
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
باي • (ḅāy)
- (informal) bye-bye, bye
- يلا باي ― yaḷḷa ḅāy ― bye-bye
Audio (Ramallah): (file) - Synonym: مع السلامة (maʕ is-salāme)
Uyghur
Etymology
Inherited from Chagatai بای (bay), from Karakhanid بای (bay), from Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑj/
Adjective
باي • (bay)
Noun
باي • (bay)
- (obsolete) honorific title placed after a name
Derived terms
- بايلىق (bayliq)
Further reading
- Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN, page 62