بوق

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 (būq) m (plural أَبْوَاق (ʾabwāq) or بُوقَات (būqāt))

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

Declension

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