بغاء

From the root ب غ ي‎ (b-ḡ-y).

• IPA^(key): /bi.ɣaːʔ/

بِغَاء • (biḡāʔ) m

1. prostitution
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:33:

     ‏وَلَا تُكْرِهُوا فَتَيَاتِكُمْ عَلَى الْبِغَاءِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَ تَحَصُّنًا لِتَبْتَغُوا عَرَضَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا‎

     walā tukrihū fatayātikum ʕalā l-biḡāʔi ʔin ʔaradna taḥaṣṣunan litabtaḡū ʕaraḍa l-ḥayāti d-dunyā

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• Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “بغاء”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “بغاء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “بغاء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN