# بالغ
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* ب ل غ (b l ḡ)
* 11 terms
Compare بَلَغَ (balaḡa, “to reach, to arrive, to come to, to amount to”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baː.la.ɣa/

#### Verb

بَالَغَ • (bālaḡa) III (non-past يُبَالِغُ (yubāliḡu), verbal noun مُبَالَغَة (mubālaḡa))
* to exaggerate [with فِي (fī) ‘something’]
* to overdo [with فِي (fī) ‘something’]
* to do one’s utmost [with فِي (fī) ‘in something’]
* to intensify [with فِي (fī) ‘something’]

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

* Root
* ب ل غ (b l ḡ)
* 11 terms
Derived from the active participle of the verb بَلَغَ (balaḡa, “to reach, to arrive, to come to, to amount to”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baː.li.ɣun/

#### Participle

بَالِغٌ • (bāliḡun) (form VI, feminine بَالِغَةٌ (bāliḡatun), masculine plural بَالِغُونَ (bāliḡūna), feminine plural بَالِغَاتٌ (bāliḡātun))
* active participle of بَلَغَ (balaḡa)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 65:3:إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَالِغُ أَمْرِهِʔinna l-laha bāliḡu ʔamrihi(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Declension
#### Adjective
##### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baː.liɣ/
بَالِغ • (bāliḡ) (feminine بَالِغَة (bāliḡa), masculine plural بَالِغُونَ (bāliḡūna), feminine plural بَالِغَات (bāliḡāt))
* (superlative form) extensive, far-reaching
* considerable, profound, serious
* intense, high, extreme, strong
* (of feelings) violent, vehement

##### Declension
#### Adjective
##### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baː.liɣ/
بَالِغ • (bāliḡ) (feminine بَالِغَة (bāliḡa) or بَالِغ (bāliḡ), masculine plural بَالِغُونَ (bāliḡūna), feminine plural بَالِغَات (bāliḡāt))
* one who has reached puberty; pubescent, mature, of age, in one’s majority, adult
    Synonym: رَاشِد (rāšid)

##### Declension
#### Descendants

* → Malay: baligh
** Indonesian: balig
* → Persian: بالغ (bâleğ).
** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬਾਲਗ (bālag)
    Shahmukhi script: بالغ (bālaġ)

## Malay
### Noun

بالغ (plural بالغ-بالغ or بالغ۲, informal 1st possessive بالغکو, 2nd possessive بالغمو, 3rd possessive بالغڽ)
* Jawi spelling of baligh‎

### Adjective

بالغ
* Jawi spelling of baligh‎

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

### Adjective

بالغ • (baliğ)
* arriving, attaining, reaching; amounting to
* pubescent (having reached puberty), adolescent

#### Descendants

* Turkish: baliğ

### Further reading

* Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “baliğ”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالغ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 247a

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [bɑː.liɣ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bɑː.lɪɣ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bɑː.lɪɣ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [bɑː.lɪɣ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [bɔː.liɣ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [bɒː.leɢ̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [bɔ.liʁ]

#### Adjective

بالغ • (bâleğ) (comparative بالغ‌تَر (bâleğ-tar), superlative بالغ‌تَرین (bâleğ-tarin))
* adult
* mature
* ripe
* in one's majority

#### Noun

بالغ • (bâleğ) (plural بالغان (bâleğân) or بالغ‌ها (bâleğ-hâ))
* adult

#### Derived terms

* نا بالغ (nâ-bâleğ)
* بالغ شدن (bâleğ šodan)
* مبالغه (mobâleğe)

#### Descendants

* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬਾਲਗ (bālag)
    Shahmukhi script: بالغ (bālaġ)

### Etymology 2

From an Eastern Iranian language. Probably cognate with Sanskrit पात्र (pātra). Also perhaps akin to Turkish bardak, an Iranian borrowing.

#### Noun

بالغ • (bâloğ)
* (Transoxianan, obsolete) drinking horn

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ب ل غ
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic بَالَغَ (bālaḡa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baː.laɣ/, [ˈbæː.laɣ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

بالغ • (bālaḡ) III (present ببالغ (bibāleḡ))
* to exaggerate
    Synonym: كبّر (kabbar)

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of بالغ (bālaḡ) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | بالغت (bālaḡt) | بالغت (bālaḡt) | بالغ (bālaḡ) | بالغنا (bālaḡna) | بالغتو (bālaḡtu) | بالغو (bālaḡu) |
| past | f | بالغت (bālaḡt) | بالغتي (bālaḡti) | بالغت (bālaḡat) | بالغنا (bālaḡna) | بالغتو (bālaḡtu) | بالغو (bālaḡu) |
| present | m | ببالغ (babāleḡ) | بتبالغ (bitbāleḡ) | ببالغ (bibāleḡ) | منبالغ (minbāleḡ) | بتبالغو (bitbālḡu) | ببالغو (bibālḡu) |
| present | f | ببالغ (babāleḡ) | بتبالغي (bitbālḡi) | بتبالغ (bitbāleḡ) | منبالغ (minbāleḡ) | بتبالغو (bitbālḡu) | ببالغو (bibālḡu) |
| subjunctive | m | ابالغ (abāleḡ) | تبالغ (tbāleḡ) | يبالغ (ybāleḡ) | نبالغ (nbāleḡ) | تبالغو (tbālḡu) | يبالغو (ybālḡu) |
| subjunctive | f | ابالغ (abāleḡ) | تبالغي (tbālḡi) | تبالغ (tbāleḡ) | نبالغ (nbāleḡ) | تبالغو (tbālḡu) | يبالغو (ybālḡu) |
| imperative | m | | بالغ (bāleḡ) | | | بالغو (bālḡu) | |
| imperative | f | | بالغي (bālḡi) | | | بالغو (bālḡu) | |

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَالِغ (bāliğ), from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

### Noun

بالِغ • (bāliġ) m (Hindi spelling बालिग़)
* an adult

### Adjective

بَالِغ • (bāliġ) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बालिग़)
* adult

## Ushojo
### Etymology

From Urdu بالغ (bāliğ), from Arabic بَالِغ (bāliḡ).

### Noun

بالِغ (bāliğ)
* adult, mature
* young