بقال

بقال

See also: تقال‎ and ثقال‎

Arabic

Etymology

Occupational noun from the root ب ق ل‎ (b-q-l) of بَقْل‎ (baql, “vegetables, greens”).

Noun

بَقَّال • (baqqāl) m (plural بَقَّالُون‎ (baqqālūn), feminine بَقَّالَة‎ (baqqāla))

1. greengrocer
2. grocer
3. oil merchant
4. innkeeper

Declension

Declension of noun بَقَّال (baqqāl)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَقَّال baqqāl	الْبَقَّال‎ al-baqqāl	بَقَّال baqqāl	بَقَّالَة‎ baqqāla	الْبَقَّالَة‎ al-baqqāla	بَقَّالَة‎ baqqālat
Nominative	بَقَّالٌ baqqālun	الْبَقَّالُ‎ al-baqqālu	بَقَّالُ baqqālu	بَقَّالَةٌ‎ baqqālatun	الْبَقَّالَةُ‎ al-baqqālatu	بَقَّالَةُ‎ baqqālatu
Accusative	بَقَّالًا‎ baqqālan	الْبَقَّالَ‎ al-baqqāla	بَقَّالَ baqqāla	بَقَّالَةً‎ baqqālatan	الْبَقَّالَةَ‎ al-baqqālata	بَقَّالَةَ‎ baqqālata
Genitive	بَقَّالٍ baqqālin	الْبَقَّالِ‎ al-baqqāli	بَقَّالِ baqqāli	بَقَّالَةٍ‎ baqqālatin	الْبَقَّالَةِ‎ al-baqqālati	بَقَّالَةِ‎ baqqālati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَقَّالَيْن‎ baqqālayn	الْبَقَّالَيْن‎ al-baqqālayn	بَقَّالَيْ‎ baqqālay	بَقَّالَتَيْن‎ baqqālatayn	الْبَقَّالَتَيْن‎ al-baqqālatayn	بَقَّالَتَيْ‎ baqqālatay
Nominative	بَقَّالَانِ‎ baqqālāni	الْبَقَّالَانِ‎ al-baqqālāni	بَقَّالَا‎ baqqālā	بَقَّالَتَانِ‎ baqqālatāni	الْبَقَّالَتَانِ‎ al-baqqālatāni	بَقَّالَتَا‎ baqqālatā
Accusative	بَقَّالَيْنِ‎ baqqālayni	الْبَقَّالَيْنِ‎ al-baqqālayni	بَقَّالَيْ‎ baqqālay	بَقَّالَتَيْنِ‎ baqqālatayni	الْبَقَّالَتَيْنِ‎ al-baqqālatayni	بَقَّالَتَيْ‎ baqqālatay
Genitive	بَقَّالَيْنِ‎ baqqālayni	الْبَقَّالَيْنِ‎ al-baqqālayni	بَقَّالَيْ‎ baqqālay	بَقَّالَتَيْنِ‎ baqqālatayni	الْبَقَّالَتَيْنِ‎ al-baqqālatayni	بَقَّالَتَيْ‎ baqqālatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَقَّالِين‎ baqqālīn	الْبَقَّالِين‎ al-baqqālīn	بَقَّالِي‎ baqqālī	بَقَّالَات‎ baqqālāt	الْبَقَّالَات‎ al-baqqālāt	بَقَّالَات‎ baqqālāt
Nominative	بَقَّالُونَ‎ baqqālūna	الْبَقَّالُونَ‎ al-baqqālūna	بَقَّالُو‎ baqqālū	بَقَّالَاتٌ‎ baqqālātun	الْبَقَّالَاتُ‎ al-baqqālātu	بَقَّالَاتُ‎ baqqālātu
Accusative	بَقَّالِينَ‎ baqqālīna	الْبَقَّالِينَ‎ al-baqqālīna	بَقَّالِي‎ baqqālī	بَقَّالَاتٍ‎ baqqālātin	الْبَقَّالَاتِ‎ al-baqqālāti	بَقَّالَاتِ‎ baqqālāti
Genitive	بَقَّالِينَ‎ baqqālīna	الْبَقَّالِينَ‎ al-baqqālīna	بَقَّالِي‎ baqqālī	بَقَّالَاتٍ‎ baqqālātin	الْبَقَّالَاتِ‎ al-baqqālāti	بَقَّالَاتِ‎ baqqālāti

Descendants

• → Turkish: bakkal
  • → Ladino: bakkal
  • → Polish: bakalie
  • → Russian: бакале́я (bakaléja)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “بقال”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “بقال”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “بقال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic بَقَّال‎ (baqqāl, “greengrocer”).

Noun

بقال • (bakkal)

1. (originally) greengrocer, a person who sells vegetables and fruits

   Synonym: مناو‎ (manav)

2. (at present) grocer, a person who retails groceries

Descendants

• Turkish: bakkal
• → Armenian: Բակալյան (Bakalyan)
• → Greek: μπακάλης (bakális)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بقال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 271
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “بقال”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 855–856
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بقال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 373