بوق

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See also: توق, توف, and بوف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب و ق (b-w-q), concerning concepts related to "trumpets" or "a sudden loud blast of sound"; hence the meaning of "a sudden striking calamity" and by extension "an evil" or "wrongful conduct". Ultimately from the root ب ق ق (b-q-q), meaning "the buzzing of insects", "to be loud or noisy", "to be obnoxiously talkative".

Noun

بُوق (būqm (plural أَبْوَاق (ʔabwāq) or بُوقَات (būqāt))

  1. (music) trumpet
  2. presenting falsities deliberately as true, lie

Declension

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