بغاء

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ب غ ي (b-ḡ-y)

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Noun[edit]

بِغَاء (biḡāʔm

  1. prostitution
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:33:
      وَلَا تُكْرِهُوا فَتَيَاتِكُمْ عَلَى الْبِغَاءِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَ تَحَصُّنًا لِتَبْتَغُوا عَرَضَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا
      walā tukrihū fatayātikum ʕalā l-biḡāʔi ʔin ʔaradna taḥaṣṣunan litabtaḡū ʕaraḍa l-ḥayāti d-dunyā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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