باي

Arabic

Pronunciation

  •  IPA(key): /baːj/

Etymology 1

Clipping of بَايْسِبْس (bāysibs, biceps).

Noun

بَاي • (bāym

  1. (anatomy, bodybuilding, colloquial) biceps, biceps brachii

Etymology 2

Noun

بَاي • (bāym (plural بَايَات (bāyāt))

  1. alternative form of بِيه (bēh, bey, a title in the Ottoman Empire)
Declension
Declension of noun بَاي (bāy)
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

From English bye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːj/

Interjection

باي • (bāy)

  1. bye
    Synonyms: مع السلامة (maʕ al-salāma), سلام (salām)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From English bye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˤaːj/, [bˤɑːj]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Interjection

باي • (ḅāy)

  1. (informal) bye-bye, bye
    يلا بايyaḷḷa ḅāybye-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)

  1. rich, wealthy
  2. abundant, full of

Noun

باي • (bay)

  1. (obsolete) honorific title placed after a name

Derived terms

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