بقاء
Arabic
Noun
بَقَاء • (baqāʔ) m
- verbal noun of بَقِيَ (baqiya, “to remain”) (form I)
- remaining, lasting, enduring
- وَضْع الْبَقَاء / الْإِبْدَاع / الْمُتَشَدِّد / الْمُغَامَرَة / الْمُشَاهِد
- waḍʕ al-baqāʔ / al-ʔibdāʕ / al-mutašaddid / al-muḡāmara(t) / al-mušāhid
- survival / creative / hardcore / adventure / spectator mode
- continuance, duration
- perpetual existence
- دَار اَلْبَقَاء ― dār al-baqāʔ ― the abode of everlasting existence, i.e. the hereafter, Heaven
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَقَاء baqāʔ |
الْبَقَاء al-baqāʔ |
بَقَاء baqāʔ |
| nominative | بَقَاءٌ baqāʔun |
الْبَقَاءُ al-baqāʔu |
بَقَاءُ baqāʔu |
| accusative | بَقَاءً baqāʔan |
الْبَقَاءَ al-baqāʔa |
بَقَاءَ baqāʔa |
| genitive | بَقَاءٍ baqāʔin |
الْبَقَاءِ al-baqāʔi |
بَقَاءِ baqāʔi |
Antonyms
Descendants
- → Classical Persian: بَقَا (baqā)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: बक़ा (baqā), बका (bakā) (nuqtaless)
- Urdu: بَقَا (baqā)
- → Hindustani:
- → Indonesian: baka
- → Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: beqa
- Central Kurdish: بەقا (beqa)
- → Malay: alam baqa (“afterlife”)
- → Ottoman Turkish: بَقَا (bekâ)
- Turkish: beka
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “بقاء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “بقاء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen