باي

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːj/

Etymology 1

Clipping of بَايْسِبْس (bāysibs, “biceps”).

Noun

بَاي • (bāy) m

1. (anatomy, bodybuilding, colloquial) biceps, biceps brachii

Etymology 2

Noun

بَاي • (bāy) m (plural بَايَات (bāyāt))

1. alternative form of بِيه (bēh, “bey, a title in the Ottoman Empire”)

Declension

Declension of noun بَاي (bāy)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَاي bāy	الْبَاي al-bāy	بَاي bāy
nominative	بَايٌ bāyun	الْبَايُ al-bāyu	بَايُ bāyu
accusative	بَايًا bāyan	الْبَايَ al-bāya	بَايَ bāya
genitive	بَايٍ bāyin	الْبَايِ al-bāyi	بَايِ bāyi
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَايَات bāyāt	الْبَايَات al-bāyāt	بَايَات bāyāt
nominative	بَايَاتٌ bāyātun	الْبَايَاتُ al-bāyātu	بَايَاتُ bāyātu
accusative	بَايَاتٍ bāyātin	الْبَايَاتِ al-bāyāti	بَايَاتِ bāyāti
genitive	بَايَاتٍ bāyātin	الْبَايَاتِ al-bāyāti	بَايَاتِ bāyāti

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From English bye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːj/

Interjection

باي • (bāy)

1. bye

   Synonyms: مع السلامة (maʕ al-salāma), سلام (salām)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

From English bye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˤaːj/, [bˤɑːj]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Interjection

باي • (ḅāy)

1. (informal) bye-bye, bye

   يلا باي ― yaḷḷa ḅāy ― bye-bye

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   Synonym: مع السلامة (maʕ is-salāme)

Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai بای (bay), from Karakhanid بای (bay), from Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑj/

Adjective

باي • (bay)

1. rich, wealthy
2. abundant, full of

Noun

باي • (bay)

1. (obsolete) honorific title placed after a name

Derived terms

• بايلىق (bayliq)

Further reading

• Schwarz, Henry G. (1992), An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN, page 62