بالغ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ل غ (b-l-ḡ)

Compare بَلَغَ (balaḡa, to reach, to arrive, to come to, to amount to).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baː.la.ɣa/

بَالَغَ • (bālaḡa) III, non-past يُبَالِغُ‎ (yubāliḡu)

  1. to exaggerate, to overdo (with فِي ())
  2. to do one’s utmost, to go to the greatest lengths
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Root
ب ل غ (b-l-ḡ)

Derived from the active participle of the verb بَلَغَ (balaḡa, to reach, to arrive, to come to, to amount to).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baː.li.ɣun/

بَالِغٌ • (bāliḡun) (form VI, feminine بَالِغَةٌ (bāliḡatun), masculine plural بَالِغُونَ (bāliḡūna), feminine plural بَالِغَاتٌ (bāliḡātun))

  1. active participle of بَلَغَ (balaḡa)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 65:3:
      إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَالِغُ أَمْرِهِ
      ʔinna l-laha bāliḡu ʔamrihi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baː.liɣ/

بَالِغ • (bāliḡ) (feminine بَالِغَة (bāliḡa), masculine plural بَالِغُونَ (bāliḡūna), feminine plural بَالِغَات (bāliḡāt))

  1. (superlative form) extensive, far-reaching
  2. considerable, profound, serious
  3. intense, high, extreme, strong
  4. (of feelings) violent, vehement
Declension
Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baː.liɣ/

بَالِغ • (bāliḡ) (feminine بَالِغَة (bāliḡa) or بَالِغ (bāliḡ), masculine plural بَالِغُونَ (bāliḡūna), feminine plural بَالِغَات (bāliḡāt))

  1. one who has reached puberty; pubescent, mature, of age, in one’s majority, adult
    Synonym: رَاشِد (rāšid)
Declension

Descendants

  • Malay: baligh
    • Indonesian: balig
  • Persian: بالغ (bâleğ).

Malay

Noun

بالغ (plural بالغ-بالغ or بالغ۲, informal 1st possessive بالغکو, 2nd possessive بالغمو, 3rd possessive بالغڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of baligh

Adjective

بالغ

  1. Jawi spelling of baligh

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

Adjective

بالغ • (baliğ)

  1. arriving, attaining, reaching; amounting to
  2. pubescent (having reached puberty), adolescent

Descendants

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “baliğ”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالغ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 247a

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɒːˈleɣ/

Adjective

بالغ • (bâleğ) (comparative بالغ‌تَر (bâleğ-tar), superlative بالغ‌تَرین (bâleğ-tarin))

  1. adult
  2. mature
  3. ripe
  4. in one's majority

Noun

بالغ • (bâleğ) (plural بالغان (bâleğân) or بالغ‌ها (bâleğ-hâ))

  1. adult

Derived terms

  • نا بالغ (nâ-bâleğ)
  • بالغ شدن (bâleğ šodan)
  • مبالغه (mobâleğe)

Descendants

Etymology 2

From an Eastern Iranian language. Probably cognate with Sanskrit पात्र (pātra). Also perhaps akin to Turkish bardak, an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

بالغ • (bâloğ)

  1. (Transoxianan, obsolete) drinking horn

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ل غ
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَالَغَ (bālaḡa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baː.laɣ/, [ˈbæː.laɣ]
  • (file)

Verb

بالغ • (bālaḡ) III (present ببالغ (bibāleḡ))

  1. to exaggerate
    Synonym: كبّر (kabbar)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of بالغ (bālaḡ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بالغت (bālaḡt) بالغت (bālaḡt) بالغ (bālaḡ) بالغنا (bālaḡna) بالغتو (bālaḡtu) بالغو (bālaḡu)
f بالغتي (bālaḡti) بالغت (bālaḡat)
present m ببالغ (babāleḡ) بتبالغ (bitbāleḡ) ببالغ (bibāleḡ) منبالغ (minbāleḡ) بتبالغو (bitbālḡu) ببالغو (bibālḡu)
f بتبالغي (bitbālḡi) بتبالغ (bitbāleḡ)
subjunctive m ابالغ (abāleḡ) تبالغ (tbāleḡ) يبالغ (ybāleḡ) نبالغ (nbāleḡ) تبالغو (tbālḡu) يبالغو (ybālḡu)
f تبالغي (tbālḡi) تبالغ (tbāleḡ)
imperative m بالغ (bāleḡ) بالغو (bālḡu)
f بالغي (bālḡi)

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic بالغ (bāliğ).

Noun

بالغ • (bāliğ)

  1. adult, mature

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu بالغ (bāliğ).

Noun

بالِغ (bāliğ)

  1. adult, mature
  2. young
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