بعل

See also: تغل‎ and تعل‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *baʕl-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baʕl/

Noun

بَعْل • (baʕl) m (plural بُعُول‎ (buʕūl) or بُعُولَة‎ (buʕūla) or بِعَال‎ (biʕāl))

  1. husband
    Synonym: زَوْج‎ (zawj)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:128:
      ‏وَإِنِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ خَافَتْ مِنْ بَعْلِهَا نُشُوزًا أَوْ إِعْرَاضًا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَنْ يُصْلِحَا بَيْنَهُمَا صُلْحًا ۚ وَٱلصُّلْحُ خَيْرٌ ۗ‎
      wa-ʔini mraʔatun ḵāfat min baʕlihā nušūzan ʔaw ʔiʕrāḍan fa-lā junāḥa ʕalayhimā ʔan yuṣliḥā baynahumā ṣulḥan waṣ-ṣulḥu ḵayrun
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. (obsolete) unirrigated land or plants thriving on a natural water supply

Declension

Proper noun

بَعْل • (baʕl) m

  1. the god Baal
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 37:125:
      ‏أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَالِقِينَ‎
      ʔatadʕūna baʕlan wataḏarūna ʔaḥsana l-ḵāliqīna
      Do ye call upon ˹the idol of˺ Ba’l and abandon the Best of Creators—

Declension

Descendants

  • → Persian: بعل‎ (ba'l)
  • → Urdu: بعل‎ (ba'l)
  • → Uzbek: Baʼl

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic بَعْل‎ (baʕl), from Proto-Semitic *baʕl-.

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /baʔl/

    Proper noun

    Dari بعل
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik Баъл (Baʾl)

    بعل • (ba'l)

    1. Baal

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic بَعْل‎ (baʕl), from Proto-Semitic *baʕl-.

    Proper noun

    بعل • (ba'l) m

    1. Baal
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