بيك
See also: بیك
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بیگ (bēg), from Proto-Turkic *bēg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːɡ/
Noun
بيك • (bēg) m (plural بيكَوَات (bēgawāt))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بيك bēg |
الْبيك al-bēg |
بيك bēg |
| nominative | بيكٌ bēgun |
الْبيكُ al-bēgu |
بيكُ bēgu |
| accusative | بيكًا bēgan |
الْبيكَ al-bēga |
بيكَ bēga |
| genitive | بيكٍ bēgin |
الْبيكِ al-bēgi |
بيكِ bēgi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | بيكَيْن bēgayn |
الْبيكَيْن al-bēgayn |
بيكَيْ bēgay |
| nominative | بيكَانِ bēgāni |
الْبيكَانِ al-bēgāni |
بيكَا bēgā |
| accusative | بيكَيْنِ bēgayni |
الْبيكَيْنِ al-bēgayni |
بيكَيْ bēgay |
| genitive | بيكَيْنِ bēgayni |
الْبيكَيْنِ al-bēgayni |
بيكَيْ bēgay |
| plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بيكَوَات bēgawāt |
الْبيكَوَات al-bēgawāt |
بيكَوَات bēgawāt |
| nominative | بيكَوَاتٌ bēgawātun |
الْبيكَوَاتُ al-bēgawātu |
بيكَوَاتُ bēgawātu |
| accusative | بيكَوَاتٍ bēgawātin |
الْبيكَوَاتِ al-bēgawāti |
بيكَوَاتِ bēgawāti |
| genitive | بيكَوَاتٍ bēgawātin |
الْبيكَوَاتِ al-bēgawāti |
بيكَوَاتِ bēgawāti |
Derived terms
- بيكَوِيَّة (bēgawiyya, “office or jurisdiction of a beg”)
Related terms
Further reading
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “بيك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Chadian Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from French bic, from BIC, a popular French brand of ballpoint pen, which is from the name of the co-founder of the company manufacturing these pens, Marcel Bich.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biːk/
Noun
بيك • (bīk) m (plural بيكات (bīkāt))
- ballpoint pen (writing tool)
- Synonym: قلم مزقي
References
- Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français[1] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 28
North Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Noun
بيك • (bīk)
- pick, a stonemason’s tool for cutting blocks of stone
Descendants
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بيك”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 136b
- Tietze, Andreas (1958) “Direkte arabische Entlehnungen im anatolischen Türkisch”, in J. Eckmann, A. S. Levend, M. Mansuroğlu, editors, Jean Deny Armağanı / Mélanges Jean Deny (in German), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, § 24, page 267 of 255–333