بقالة

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See also: ثقالة

Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ب ق ل (b q l)
3 terms

From بَقْل (baql, vegetables).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بِقَالَة (biqālaf (plural بِقَالَات (biqālāt))

  1. (uncountable) the profession of selling groceries
  2. (countable) convenience store, grocery store
    • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 83:
      كان في أحد الأكياس تشكيلة من البسكويت القديم الذي اندثر من بقالات صنعاء وغيرها من المدن.
      In one of the bags there was a pack of ancient biscuits the kind of which disappeared from most grocers of Ṣanʻāʼ and other cities.

Declension

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بَقَّالَة (baqqālam pl

  1. plural of بَقَّال (baqqāl)

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ب ق ل
1 term
بِقالة

Etymology

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From Arabic بِقَالَة (biqāla).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bi.ˈɡaː.la/, [bɪ.ˈɡaː.la]

Noun

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بِقَالَة (bigālaf (plural بِقَالات (bigālāt) or بَقَايِل (bagāyil))

  1. convenience store
  2. corner shop
  3. a small grocery store