بوق

Natively derived from the root ب و ق‎ (b-w-q), concerning concepts related to "trumpets" or "a sudden loud blast of sound"; hence the meaning of "a sudden striking calamity" and by extension "an evil" or "wrongful conduct". Ultimately related to the root ب ق ق‎ (b-q-q), meaning "the buzzing of insects", "to be loud or noisy", "to be obnoxiously talkative", with likely phono-semantic matching of Ancient Greek βούκινο (boúkino) or Latin būcina, borrowed itself as Classical Syriac ܒܘܩ̈ܝܢܐܣ‎ (bwqynʾ, “būqīnā”). Compare English bugle, an ox or bovid horn.

بُوق • (būq) m (plural أَبْوَاق‎ (ʔabwāq) or بُوقَات‎ (būqāt))

1. (music) trumpet, conch
   • a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, لَيَالِيَّ بَعْدَ الظَّاعِنِينَ شُكُولُ:

     ‏إِذَا كَانَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ سَيْفًا لِدَوْلَةٍ // فَفِي النَّاسِ بُوقَاتٌ لَهَا وَطُبُولُ‎

     ʔiḏā kāna baʕḍu n-nāsi sayfan lidawlatin // fafī n-nāsi būqātun lahā waṭubūlu

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. (figuratively) presenting falsities deliberately as true, lie; by comparison to embellishments and pomp, making a lot of useless noise
3. (figuratively) one who does not conceal secrets, announces to all

• Maltese: buq (“hollow reed”)
• → Basque: alboka
• → Georgian: ბუკი (buḳi)
• → Middle Armenian: պուկ (puk)
  • Armenian: բուկ (buk)
• → Ottoman Turkish: بوق‎ (buk)
• → Persian: بوق‎ (buq)
• → Spanish: albogue

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “بوق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 276
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “بق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 233

From Arabic بُوق‎ (būq).

بوق • (būʔ) m (plural أبواق‎ (ʔabwāʔ))

1. trumpet