بعلبك

See also: بعلبک

Arabic

Etymology

Debated. Related to بَعْل (baʕl, “lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʕ.la.bakk/
  • (Lebanese Arabic) IPA^(key): /bʕal.bak/, /bʕal.bek/

Proper noun

بَعْلَبَكّ • (baʕlabakk) f

1. Baalbek (the capital city of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon)

Declension

Declension of noun بَعْلَبَكّ (baʕlabakk)

singular	basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	بَعْلَبَكّ baʕlabakk	—
nominative	—	بَعْلَبَكُّ baʕlabakku	—
accusative	—	بَعْلَبَكَّ baʕlabakka	—
genitive	—	بَعْلَبَكَّ baʕlabakka	—

Derived terms

• بَعْلَبَكِّيّ (baʕlabakkiyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Bələbək
• → Chagatai: بَعْلَبَک (bʿlbk)
  • Uyghur: بەئلەبەك (be'lebek)
  • Uzbek: Baʼlabak
• → Ottoman Turkish: بعلبك (Baʿlebekk)
  • Turkish: Balebek
• → Punjabi: بَعْلَبَک (baʻlabak)
• → Persian: بعلبک (ba'labakk)
• → Tajik: Баълабак (Ba'labak)
• → Urdu: بَعْلَبَک (baʿlabak)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From or cognate to Arabic بَعْلَبَكّ (baʕlabakk).

Pronunciation

• (chiefly Lebanon)
  • IPA^(key): /bʕal.bak/, /bʕal.bek/

Proper noun

بعلبك • (bʕalbak) f

1. Baalbek (the capital city of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَعْلَبَكّ (baʕlabakk).

Proper noun

بعلبك • (Baʿlebekk)

1. Baalbek (the capital city of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon)

Related terms

• بعلبكی (Baʿlebekkî)

Descendants

• Turkish: Balebek

Further reading

• Şemseddin Sami (1889), “بعلبك”, in Kâmûsü'l-A'lâm (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 2, Constantinople: Mihran, page 523