بعلبك
See also: بعلبک
Arabic
Etymology
Debated. Related to بَعْل (baʕl, “lord”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
بَعْلَبَكّ • (baʕlabakk) f
- Baalbek (the capital city of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon)
Declension
| singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | بَعْلَبَكّ baʕlabakk |
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| nominative | — | بَعْلَبَكُّ baʕlabakku |
— |
| accusative | — | بَعْلَبَكَّ baʕlabakka |
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| genitive | — | بَعْلَبَكَّ baʕlabakka |
— |
Derived terms
- بَعْلَبَكِّيّ (baʕlabakkiyy)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: Bələbək
- → Chagatai: بَعْلَبَک
- → Ottoman Turkish: بعلبك (Baʿlebekk)
- Turkish: Balebek
- → Punjabi: بَعْلَبَک (baʻlabak)
- → Persian: بعلبک (ba'labakk)
- → Tajik: Баълабак (Ba'labak)
- → Urdu: بَعْلَبَک (baʿlabak)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بَعْلَبَكّ (baʕlabakk).
Proper noun
بعلبك • (Baʿlebekk)
- Baalbek (the capital city of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon)
Related terms
- بعلبكی (Baʿlebekkî)
Descendants
- Turkish: Balebek
Further reading
- Şemseddin Sami (1889) “بعلبك”, in Kâmûsü'l-A'lâm (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 2, Constantinople: Mihran, page 523