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))

  1. beg (Iranian, Central Asian and South Asian title)
    Synonym: بَك (bak, bey (Ottoman title))

Declension

Derived 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

بيكات

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))

  1. pen (writting tool)
    Synonym: قلم مزقي

References

  • Judith Heath, compiler (2016), Chadian Arabic - English Lexicon, N'Djamena, Chad: Association SIL, page 33
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