بالغ

Arabic

Root
ب ل غ (b l ḡ)
11 terms

Etymology 1

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /baː.la.ɣa/

    Verb

    بَالَغَ • (bālaḡa) III (non-past يُبَالِغُ (yubāliḡu), verbal noun مُبَالَغَة (mubālaḡa))

    1. to exaggerate [with فِي () ‘something’]
    2. to overdo [with فِي () ‘something’]
    3. to do one’s utmost [with فِي () ‘in something’]
    4. to intensify [with فِي () ‘something’]
    Conjugation
    Conjugation of بَالَغَ (III, sound, impersonal passive, verbal noun مُبَالَغَة)
    verbal noun
    الْمَصْدَر
    مُبَالَغَة
    mubālaḡa
    active participle
    اِسْم الْفَاعِل
    مُبَالِغ
    mubāliḡ
    passive participle
    اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
    مُبَالَغ
    mubālaḡ
    active voice
    الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
    singular
    الْمُفْرَد
    dual
    الْمُثَنَّى
    plural
    الْجَمْع
    1st person
    الْمُتَكَلِّم
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    1st person
    الْمُتَكَلِّم
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    past (perfect) indicative
    الْمَاضِي
    m بَالَغْتُ
    bālaḡtu
    بَالَغْتَ
    bālaḡta
    بَالَغَ
    bālaḡa
    بَالَغْتُمَا
    bālaḡtumā
    بَالَغَا
    bālaḡā
    بَالَغْنَا
    bālaḡnā
    بَالَغْتُمْ
    bālaḡtum
    بَالَغُوا
    bālaḡū
    f بَالَغْتِ
    bālaḡti
    بَالَغَتْ
    bālaḡat
    بَالَغَتَا
    bālaḡatā
    بَالَغْتُنَّ
    bālaḡtunna
    بَالَغْنَ
    bālaḡna
    non-past (imperfect) indicative
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
    m أُبَالِغُ
    ʔubāliḡu
    تُبَالِغُ
    tubāliḡu
    يُبَالِغُ
    yubāliḡu
    تُبَالِغَانِ
    tubāliḡāni
    يُبَالِغَانِ
    yubāliḡāni
    نُبَالِغُ
    nubāliḡu
    تُبَالِغُونَ
    tubāliḡūna
    يُبَالِغُونَ
    yubāliḡūna
    f تُبَالِغِينَ
    tubāliḡīna
    تُبَالِغُ
    tubāliḡu
    تُبَالِغَانِ
    tubāliḡāni
    تُبَالِغْنَ
    tubāliḡna
    يُبَالِغْنَ
    yubāliḡna
    subjunctive
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
    m أُبَالِغَ
    ʔubāliḡa
    تُبَالِغَ
    tubāliḡa
    يُبَالِغَ
    yubāliḡa
    تُبَالِغَا
    tubāliḡā
    يُبَالِغَا
    yubāliḡā
    نُبَالِغَ
    nubāliḡa
    تُبَالِغُوا
    tubāliḡū
    يُبَالِغُوا
    yubāliḡū
    f تُبَالِغِي
    tubāliḡī
    تُبَالِغَ
    tubāliḡa
    تُبَالِغَا
    tubāliḡā
    تُبَالِغْنَ
    tubāliḡna
    يُبَالِغْنَ
    yubāliḡna
    jussive
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
    m أُبَالِغْ
    ʔubāliḡ
    تُبَالِغْ
    tubāliḡ
    يُبَالِغْ
    yubāliḡ
    تُبَالِغَا
    tubāliḡā
    يُبَالِغَا
    yubāliḡā
    نُبَالِغْ
    nubāliḡ
    تُبَالِغُوا
    tubāliḡū
    يُبَالِغُوا
    yubāliḡū
    f تُبَالِغِي
    tubāliḡī
    تُبَالِغْ
    tubāliḡ
    تُبَالِغَا
    tubāliḡā
    تُبَالِغْنَ
    tubāliḡna
    يُبَالِغْنَ
    yubāliḡna
    imperative
    الْأَمْر
    m بَالِغْ
    bāliḡ
    بَالِغَا
    bāliḡā
    بَالِغُوا
    bāliḡū
    f بَالِغِي
    bāliḡī
    بَالِغْنَ
    bāliḡna
    passive voice
    الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
    singular
    الْمُفْرَد
    dual
    الْمُثَنَّى
    plural
    الْجَمْع
    1st person
    الْمُتَكَلِّم
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    1st person
    الْمُتَكَلِّم
    2nd person
    الْمُخَاطَب
    3rd person
    الْغَائِب
    past (perfect) indicative
    الْمَاضِي
    m بُولِغَ
    būliḡa
    f
    non-past (imperfect) indicative
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
    m يُبَالَغُ
    yubālaḡu
    f
    subjunctive
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
    m يُبَالَغَ
    yubālaḡa
    f
    jussive
    الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
    m يُبَالَغْ
    yubālaḡ
    f

    Etymology 2

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /baː.liɣ/

      Participle

      بَالِغ • (bāliḡ) (form VI, feminine بَالِغَة (bāliḡa), masculine plural بَالِغُون (bāliḡūn), feminine plural بَالِغَات (bāliḡāt))

      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
      Declension of adjective بَالِغ (bāliḡ)
      singular masculine feminine
      basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
      indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
      informal بَالِغ
      bāliḡ
      الْبَالِغ
      al-bāliḡ
      بَالِغ
      bāliḡ
      بَالِغَة
      bāliḡa
      الْبَالِغَة
      al-bāliḡa
      بَالِغَة
      bāliḡat
      nominative بَالِغٌ
      bāliḡun
      الْبَالِغُ
      al-bāliḡu
      بَالِغُ
      bāliḡu
      بَالِغَةٌ
      bāliḡatun
      الْبَالِغَةُ
      al-bāliḡatu
      بَالِغَةُ
      bāliḡatu
      accusative بَالِغًا
      bāliḡan
      الْبَالِغَ
      al-bāliḡa
      بَالِغَ
      bāliḡa
      بَالِغَةً
      bāliḡatan
      الْبَالِغَةَ
      al-bāliḡata
      بَالِغَةَ
      bāliḡata
      genitive بَالِغٍ
      bāliḡin
      الْبَالِغِ
      al-bāliḡi
      بَالِغِ
      bāliḡi
      بَالِغَةٍ
      bāliḡatin
      الْبَالِغَةِ
      al-bāliḡati
      بَالِغَةِ
      bāliḡati
      dual masculine feminine
      indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
      informal بَالِغَيْن
      bāliḡayn
      الْبَالِغَيْن
      al-bāliḡayn
      بَالِغَيْ
      bāliḡay
      بَالِغَتَيْن
      bāliḡatayn
      الْبَالِغَتَيْن
      al-bāliḡatayn
      بَالِغَتَيْ
      bāliḡatay
      nominative بَالِغَانِ
      bāliḡāni
      الْبَالِغَانِ
      al-bāliḡāni
      بَالِغَا
      bāliḡā
      بَالِغَتَانِ
      bāliḡatāni
      الْبَالِغَتَانِ
      al-bāliḡatāni
      بَالِغَتَا
      bāliḡatā
      accusative بَالِغَيْنِ
      bāliḡayni
      الْبَالِغَيْنِ
      al-bāliḡayni
      بَالِغَيْ
      bāliḡay
      بَالِغَتَيْنِ
      bāliḡatayni
      الْبَالِغَتَيْنِ
      al-bāliḡatayni
      بَالِغَتَيْ
      bāliḡatay
      genitive بَالِغَيْنِ
      bāliḡayni
      الْبَالِغَيْنِ
      al-bāliḡayni
      بَالِغَيْ
      bāliḡay
      بَالِغَتَيْنِ
      bāliḡatayni
      الْبَالِغَتَيْنِ
      al-bāliḡatayni
      بَالِغَتَيْ
      bāliḡatay
      plural masculine feminine
      sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
      indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
      informal بَالِغِين
      bāliḡīn
      الْبَالِغِين
      al-bāliḡīn
      بَالِغِي
      bāliḡī
      بَالِغَات
      bāliḡāt
      الْبَالِغَات
      al-bāliḡāt
      بَالِغَات
      bāliḡāt
      nominative بَالِغُونَ
      bāliḡūna
      الْبَالِغُونَ
      al-bāliḡūna
      بَالِغُو
      bāliḡū
      بَالِغَاتٌ
      bāliḡātun
      الْبَالِغَاتُ
      al-bāliḡātu
      بَالِغَاتُ
      bāliḡātu
      accusative بَالِغِينَ
      bāliḡīna
      الْبَالِغِينَ
      al-bāliḡīna
      بَالِغِي
      bāliḡī
      بَالِغَاتٍ
      bāliḡātin
      الْبَالِغَاتِ
      al-bāliḡāti
      بَالِغَاتِ
      bāliḡāti
      genitive بَالِغِينَ
      bāliḡīna
      الْبَالِغِينَ
      al-bāliḡīna
      بَالِغِي
      bāliḡī
      بَالِغَاتٍ
      bāliḡātin
      الْبَالِغَاتِ
      al-bāliḡāti
      بَالِغَاتِ
      bāliḡāti

      Adjective

      بَالِغ • (bāliḡ) (feminine بَالِغَة (bāliḡa), masculine plural بَالِغُون (bāliḡūn), 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
      Declension of adjective بَالِغ (bāliḡ)
      singular masculine feminine
      basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      informal بَالِغ
      bāliḡ
      الْبَالِغ
      al-bāliḡ
      بَالِغَة
      bāliḡa
      الْبَالِغَة
      al-bāliḡa
      nominative بَالِغٌ
      bāliḡun
      الْبَالِغُ
      al-bāliḡu
      بَالِغَةٌ
      bāliḡatun
      الْبَالِغَةُ
      al-bāliḡatu
      accusative بَالِغًا
      bāliḡan
      الْبَالِغَ
      al-bāliḡa
      بَالِغَةً
      bāliḡatan
      الْبَالِغَةَ
      al-bāliḡata
      genitive بَالِغٍ
      bāliḡin
      الْبَالِغِ
      al-bāliḡi
      بَالِغَةٍ
      bāliḡatin
      الْبَالِغَةِ
      al-bāliḡati
      dual masculine feminine
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      informal بَالِغَيْن
      bāliḡayn
      الْبَالِغَيْن
      al-bāliḡayn
      بَالِغَتَيْن
      bāliḡatayn
      الْبَالِغَتَيْن
      al-bāliḡatayn
      nominative بَالِغَانِ
      bāliḡāni
      الْبَالِغَانِ
      al-bāliḡāni
      بَالِغَتَانِ
      bāliḡatāni
      الْبَالِغَتَانِ
      al-bāliḡatāni
      accusative بَالِغَيْنِ
      bāliḡayni
      الْبَالِغَيْنِ
      al-bāliḡayni
      بَالِغَتَيْنِ
      bāliḡatayni
      الْبَالِغَتَيْنِ
      al-bāliḡatayni
      genitive بَالِغَيْنِ
      bāliḡayni
      الْبَالِغَيْنِ
      al-bāliḡayni
      بَالِغَتَيْنِ
      bāliḡatayni
      الْبَالِغَتَيْنِ
      al-bāliḡatayni
      plural masculine feminine
      sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      informal بَالِغِين
      bāliḡīn
      الْبَالِغِين
      al-bāliḡīn
      بَالِغَات
      bāliḡāt
      الْبَالِغَات
      al-bāliḡāt
      nominative بَالِغُونَ
      bāliḡūna
      الْبَالِغُونَ
      al-bāliḡūna
      بَالِغَاتٌ
      bāliḡātun
      الْبَالِغَاتُ
      al-bāliḡātu
      accusative بَالِغِينَ
      bāliḡīna
      الْبَالِغِينَ
      al-bāliḡīna
      بَالِغَاتٍ
      bāliḡātin
      الْبَالِغَاتِ
      al-bāliḡāti
      genitive بَالِغِينَ
      bāliḡīna
      الْبَالِغِينَ
      al-bāliḡīna
      بَالِغَاتٍ
      bāliḡātin
      الْبَالِغَاتِ
      al-bāliḡāti

      Noun

      بَالِغ • (bāliḡm (plural بَالِغُون (bāliḡūn), feminine بَالِغَة (bāliḡa))

      1. one who has reached puberty; pubescent, mature, of age, in one’s majority, adult
        Synonym: رَاشِد (rāšid)
      Declension
      Declension of adjective بَالِغ (bāliḡ)
      singular masculine feminine
      basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)‎;
      basic singular triptote
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      informal بَالِغ
      bāliḡ
      الْبَالِغ
      al-bāliḡ
      بَالِغَة‎; بَالِغ
      bāliḡa‎; bāliḡ
      الْبَالِغَة‎; الْبَالِغ
      al-bāliḡa‎; al-bāliḡ
      nominative بَالِغٌ
      bāliḡun
      الْبَالِغُ
      al-bāliḡu
      بَالِغَةٌ‎; بَالِغٌ
      bāliḡatun‎; bāliḡun
      الْبَالِغَةُ‎; الْبَالِغُ
      al-bāliḡatu‎; al-bāliḡu
      accusative بَالِغًا
      bāliḡan
      الْبَالِغَ
      al-bāliḡa
      بَالِغَةً‎; بَالِغًا
      bāliḡatan‎; bāliḡan
      الْبَالِغَةَ‎; الْبَالِغَ
      al-bāliḡata‎; al-bāliḡa
      genitive بَالِغٍ
      bāliḡin
      الْبَالِغِ
      al-bāliḡi
      بَالِغَةٍ‎; بَالِغٍ
      bāliḡatin‎; bāliḡin
      الْبَالِغَةِ‎; الْبَالِغِ
      al-bāliḡati‎; al-bāliḡi
      dual masculine feminine
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      informal بَالِغَيْن
      bāliḡayn
      الْبَالِغَيْن
      al-bāliḡayn
      بَالِغَتَيْن‎; بَالِغَيْن
      bāliḡatayn‎; bāliḡayn
      الْبَالِغَتَيْن‎; الْبَالِغَيْن
      al-bāliḡatayn‎; al-bāliḡayn
      nominative بَالِغَانِ
      bāliḡāni
      الْبَالِغَانِ
      al-bāliḡāni
      بَالِغَتَانِ‎; بَالِغَانِ
      bāliḡatāni‎; bāliḡāni
      الْبَالِغَتَانِ‎; الْبَالِغَانِ
      al-bāliḡatāni‎; al-bāliḡāni
      accusative بَالِغَيْنِ
      bāliḡayni
      الْبَالِغَيْنِ
      al-bāliḡayni
      بَالِغَتَيْنِ‎; بَالِغَيْنِ
      bāliḡatayni‎; bāliḡayni
      الْبَالِغَتَيْنِ‎; الْبَالِغَيْنِ
      al-bāliḡatayni‎; al-bāliḡayni
      genitive بَالِغَيْنِ
      bāliḡayni
      الْبَالِغَيْنِ
      al-bāliḡayni
      بَالِغَتَيْنِ‎; بَالِغَيْنِ
      bāliḡatayni‎; bāliḡayni
      الْبَالِغَتَيْنِ‎; الْبَالِغَيْنِ
      al-bāliḡatayni‎; al-bāliḡayni
      plural masculine feminine
      sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      informal بَالِغِين
      bāliḡīn
      الْبَالِغِين
      al-bāliḡīn
      بَالِغَات
      bāliḡāt
      الْبَالِغَات
      al-bāliḡāt
      nominative بَالِغُونَ
      bāliḡūna
      الْبَالِغُونَ
      al-bāliḡūna
      بَالِغَاتٌ
      bāliḡātun
      الْبَالِغَاتُ
      al-bāliḡātu
      accusative بَالِغِينَ
      bāliḡīna
      الْبَالِغِينَ
      al-bāliḡīna
      بَالِغَاتٍ
      bāliḡātin
      الْبَالِغَاتِ
      al-bāliḡāti
      genitive بَالِغِينَ
      bāliḡīna
      الْبَالِغِينَ
      al-bāliḡīna
      بَالِغَاتٍ
      bāliḡātin
      الْبَالِغَاتِ
      al-bāliḡāti
      Descendants
      • Classical Persian: بَالِغ (bāliġ)
        • Bengali: বালেগ (baleg)
        • Hindustani:
          Hindi: बालिग़ (bāliġ)
          Urdu: بالِغ (bāliġ)
        • Punjabi:
          Gurmukhi script: ਬਾਲਗ (bālag)
          Shahmukhi script: بالغ (bālaġ)
      • Malay: baligh

      Iraqi Arabic

      Root
      ب ل غ
      1 term

      Etymology

      Inherited from Arabic بَالَغ (bālaḡ).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /baː.laʁ/

      Verb

      بالغ (bālaḡ) III (non-past يبالغ (ybāliḡ))

      1. to exaggerate
      2. to overdo

      Conjugation

      Conjugation of بالغ
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      past m بالغت (bālaḡit) بالغت (bālaḡit) بالغ (bālaḡ) بالغنا (bālaḡna) بالغتو (bālaḡtu) بالغو (bālḡaw)
      f بالغتي (bālaḡti) ب الغت (bālḡat) بالغتن (bālaḡtan) بالغن (bālḡan)
      present m ابالغ (abāliḡ) تبالغ (tbāliḡ) يبالغ (ybāliḡ) نبالغ (nbāliḡ) تبالغون (tbālḡūn) يبالغون (yblāḡūn)
      f تبالغين (tbālḡīn) تبالغ (tbāliḡ) تبالغن (tbālḡan) يبالغن (ybālḡan)
      imperative m بالغ (bāliḡ) بالغو (bālḡu)
      f بالغي (bālḡi) بالغن (bālḡan)

      Malay

      Noun

      بالغ (plural بالغ-بالغ or بالغ٢)

      1. Jawi spelling of baligh.‎

      Adjective

      بالغ (comparative لبيه بالغ, superlative ڤاليڠ 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

      • Robert Avery 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[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 247a

      Persian

      Etymology 1

      Borrowed from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

      Pronunciation

       

      Readings
      Classical reading? bāliġ
      Dari reading? bāliġ
      Iranian reading? bâleġ
      Tajik reading? boliġ

      Adjective

      بالغ • (bâleġ) (comparative بالغ‌تَر, superlative بالغ‌تَرین)

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

      Noun

      بالغ • (bâleġ) (plural بالغان (bâleġân), or بالغ‌ها (bâleġ-hâ))

      1. adult

      Derived terms

      • نا بالغ (nâ-bâleġ)
      • بالغ شدن (bâleġ šodan)
      • مبالغه (mobâleġe)

      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 • (bâloġ)

      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]
      • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

      Verb

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

      1. to exaggerate
        Synonym: كبّر (kabbar)

      Conjugation

      Conjugation of بالغ
      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

      Borrowed from Classical Persian بَالِغ (bāliġ), from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

      Noun

      بالِغ • (bāliġm (Hindi spelling बालिग़)

      1. an adult

      Adjective

      بَالِغ • (bāliġ) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बालिग़)

      1. adult

      Ushojo

      Etymology

      From Urdu بالغ (bāliğ), from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

      Noun

      بالِغ (bāliğ)

      1. adult, mature
      2. young