بكين

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.kiːn/, /pi.kiːn/

Etymology 1

Ultimately from the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.[1] Compare English Peking, French Pékin, Persian پکن (pekan), Portuguese Pequim and Russian Пеки́н (Pekín).

Proper noun

بِكِين • (bikīn or pikīn) f

  1. Beijing (the capital city of China)
    Alternative form: پِكِين (pikīn, rare)
    Synonyms: بِيجِينْغ (bijīnḡ), بِيجِين (bijīn)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بكين”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • ^ Kaske, Elisabeth (2008) The Politics of Language in Chinese Education, 1895–1919‎[1], Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →ISBN, page 52

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    بكين (form I)

    1. بَكَيْنَ (bakayna) /ba.kaj.na/: third-person feminine plural past active of بَكَى (bakā)
    2. بُكِينَ (bukīna) /bu.kiː.na/: third-person feminine plural past passive of بَكَى (bakā)
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