ببغاء

Arabic

ببغاء – Psittacus erithacus

Etymology

Perhaps of imitative origin. In view of the bird’s range, borrowing from an unknown African or South Asian language is possible.

Noun

بَبَّغَاء or بَبْغَاء or بَبَغَاء • (babbaḡāʔ or babḡāʔ or babaḡāʔ) m or f (dual بَبَّغَاوَانِ (babbaḡāwāni) or بَبْغَاوَانِ (babḡāwāni) or بَبَغَاوَانِ (babaḡāwāni), plural بَبَّغَاوَات (babbaḡāwāt) or بَبْغَاوَات (babḡāwāt) or بَبَغَاوَات (babaḡāwāt))

1. parrot

Declension

Declension of noun بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ)‎; بَبْغَاء (babḡāʔ)‎; بَبَغَاء (babaḡāʔ)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَبَّغَاء‎; بَبْغَاء‎; بَبَغَاء babbaḡāʔ‎; babḡāʔ‎; babaḡāʔ	الْبَبَّغَاء‎; الْبَبْغَاء‎; الْبَبَغَاء al-babbaḡāʔ‎; al-babḡāʔ‎; al-babaḡāʔ	بَبَّغَاء‎; بَبْغَاء‎; بَبَغَاء babbaḡāʔ‎; babḡāʔ‎; babaḡāʔ
Nominative	بَبَّغَاءُ‎; بَبْغَاءُ‎; بَبَغَاءُ babbaḡāʔu‎; babḡāʔu‎; babaḡāʔu	الْبَبَّغَاءُ‎; الْبَبْغَاءُ‎; الْبَبَغَاءُ al-babbaḡāʔu‎; al-babḡāʔu‎; al-babaḡāʔu	بَبَّغَاءُ‎; بَبْغَاءُ‎; بَبَغَاءُ babbaḡāʔu‎; babḡāʔu‎; babaḡāʔu
Accusative	بَبَّغَاءَ‎; بَبْغَاءَ‎; بَبَغَاءَ babbaḡāʔa‎; babḡāʔa‎; babaḡāʔa	الْبَبَّغَاءَ‎; الْبَبْغَاءَ‎; الْبَبَغَاءَ al-babbaḡāʔa‎; al-babḡāʔa‎; al-babaḡāʔa	بَبَّغَاءَ‎; بَبْغَاءَ‎; بَبَغَاءَ babbaḡāʔa‎; babḡāʔa‎; babaḡāʔa
Genitive	بَبَّغَاءَ‎; بَبْغَاءَ‎; بَبَغَاءَ babbaḡāʔa‎; babḡāʔa‎; babaḡāʔa	الْبَبَّغَاءِ‎; الْبَبْغَاءِ‎; الْبَبَغَاءِ al-babbaḡāʔi‎; al-babḡāʔi‎; al-babaḡāʔi	بَبَّغَاءِ‎; بَبْغَاءِ‎; بَبَغَاءِ babbaḡāʔi‎; babḡāʔi‎; babaḡāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَبَّغَاوَيْن‎; بَبْغَاوَيْن‎; بَبَغَاوَيْن babbaḡāwayn‎; babḡāwayn‎; babaḡāwayn	الْبَبَّغَاوَيْن‎; الْبَبْغَاوَيْن‎; الْبَبَغَاوَيْن al-babbaḡāwayn‎; al-babḡāwayn‎; al-babaḡāwayn	بَبَّغَاوَيْ‎; بَبْغَاوَيْ‎; بَبَغَاوَيْ babbaḡāway‎; babḡāway‎; babaḡāway
Nominative	بَبَّغَاوَانِ‎; بَبْغَاوَانِ‎; بَبَغَاوَانِ babbaḡāwāni‎; babḡāwāni‎; babaḡāwāni	الْبَبَّغَاوَانِ‎; الْبَبْغَاوَانِ‎; الْبَبَغَاوَانِ al-babbaḡāwāni‎; al-babḡāwāni‎; al-babaḡāwāni	بَبَّغَاوَا‎; بَبْغَاوَا‎; بَبَغَاوَا babbaḡāwā‎; babḡāwā‎; babaḡāwā
Accusative	بَبَّغَاوَيْنِ‎; بَبْغَاوَيْنِ‎; بَبَغَاوَيْنِ babbaḡāwayni‎; babḡāwayni‎; babaḡāwayni	الْبَبَّغَاوَيْنِ‎; الْبَبْغَاوَيْنِ‎; الْبَبَغَاوَيْنِ al-babbaḡāwayni‎; al-babḡāwayni‎; al-babaḡāwayni	بَبَّغَاوَيْ‎; بَبْغَاوَيْ‎; بَبَغَاوَيْ babbaḡāway‎; babḡāway‎; babaḡāway
Genitive	بَبَّغَاوَيْنِ‎; بَبْغَاوَيْنِ‎; بَبَغَاوَيْنِ babbaḡāwayni‎; babḡāwayni‎; babaḡāwayni	الْبَبَّغَاوَيْنِ‎; الْبَبْغَاوَيْنِ‎; الْبَبَغَاوَيْنِ al-babbaḡāwayni‎; al-babḡāwayni‎; al-babaḡāwayni	بَبَّغَاوَيْ‎; بَبْغَاوَيْ‎; بَبَغَاوَيْ babbaḡāway‎; babḡāway‎; babaḡāway
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَبَّغَاوَات‎; بَبْغَاوَات‎; بَبَغَاوَات babbaḡāwāt‎; babḡāwāt‎; babaḡāwāt	الْبَبَّغَاوَات‎; الْبَبْغَاوَات‎; الْبَبَغَاوَات al-babbaḡāwāt‎; al-babḡāwāt‎; al-babaḡāwāt	بَبَّغَاوَات‎; بَبْغَاوَات‎; بَبَغَاوَات babbaḡāwāt‎; babḡāwāt‎; babaḡāwāt
Nominative	بَبَّغَاوَاتٌ‎; بَبْغَاوَاتٌ‎; بَبَغَاوَاتٌ babbaḡāwātun‎; babḡāwātun‎; babaḡāwātun	الْبَبَّغَاوَاتُ‎; الْبَبْغَاوَاتُ‎; الْبَبَغَاوَاتُ al-babbaḡāwātu‎; al-babḡāwātu‎; al-babaḡāwātu	بَبَّغَاوَاتُ‎; بَبْغَاوَاتُ‎; بَبَغَاوَاتُ babbaḡāwātu‎; babḡāwātu‎; babaḡāwātu
Accusative	بَبَّغَاوَاتٍ‎; بَبْغَاوَاتٍ‎; بَبَغَاوَاتٍ babbaḡāwātin‎; babḡāwātin‎; babaḡāwātin	الْبَبَّغَاوَاتِ‎; الْبَبْغَاوَاتِ‎; الْبَبَغَاوَاتِ al-babbaḡāwāti‎; al-babḡāwāti‎; al-babaḡāwāti	بَبَّغَاوَاتِ‎; بَبْغَاوَاتِ‎; بَبَغَاوَاتِ babbaḡāwāti‎; babḡāwāti‎; babaḡāwāti
Genitive	بَبَّغَاوَاتٍ‎; بَبْغَاوَاتٍ‎; بَبَغَاوَاتٍ babbaḡāwātin‎; babḡāwātin‎; babaḡāwātin	الْبَبَّغَاوَاتِ‎; الْبَبْغَاوَاتِ‎; الْبَبَغَاوَاتِ al-babbaḡāwāti‎; al-babḡāwāti‎; al-babaḡāwāti	بَبَّغَاوَاتِ‎; بَبْغَاوَاتِ‎; بَبَغَاوَاتِ babbaḡāwāti‎; babḡāwāti‎; babaḡāwāti

Descendants

• → Greek: παπαγάλος (papagálos)
  • → Italian: pappagallo
  • → Spanish: papagayo
    • → Old French: papegai
      • → Czech: papoušek (details unknown)
      • → Dutch: papegaai
      • → Finnish: papukaija
      • → German: Papagei
        • → Hungarian: papagáj
      • → Lithuanian: papūga
      • → English: popinjay
      • → Middle Low German: papegoie
        • → Danish: papegøje
        • → Norwegian: papegøye
        • → Swedish: papegoja
      • → Portuguese: papagaio
      • → Russian: попугай (popugaj)
      • → Ukrainian: папуга (papuha)
      • → Kurdish: papaxan
• → Turkish: papağan
• → Chinese: 八哥 (bāgē) ("mynah")

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “ببغاء”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 81
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ببغاء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 147
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ببغاء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 104
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ببغاء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 51