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 quotation)
  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

 

Readings
Classical reading? ba'l
Dari reading? ba'l
Iranian reading? ba'l
Tajik reading? baʾl

Proper noun

Dari بعل
Iranian Persian
Tajik Баъл

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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