bǝkáw

Noun n.

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Français: Diable
English: devil
العربية: شيطان

Source : Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), p. 36 — English and Arabic meanings translated from French, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). bǝkáw (devil). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1220-bekaw (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarbkaw,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{bǝkáw (devil)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1220-bekaw},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ge, sp. L'accent dans les mots (C)V.CVC ahún tenez/tiens ! áhuḍ vent (en quelque sorte) agúd moment - bǝlǝq être poussiéreux cijín la nuit dernière bídaw bidon bǝkáw diable gǝdǝm être à l'envers Mots de trois syllabes Dans les mots de trois syllabes, l'accent peut être mis sur l'une ou l'autre des trois syllabes, par exemple : Accent initial hánaka objet non identifié túhuya bosse de chameau hǝḍǝḍi gonfler ágala sud áanibo enfant né hors mariage éesawa attention, préparation …

Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique, p. 36
… st argán camel alxér peace (82) Stress in (C)VV.CVC words kaaṛád three qaarán to study (83) Stress in (C)V.CVC words ahún hold it! agúd moment cijín last night bǝkáw jinn ágli ruminated grass áwsa gall íini óoda color this ána ígi for you deed (2 items) tábsit zálgat rúmsut wánjin áhwar acacia flowers left hand side to desire meat to refuse decoration (kind of) aardvark ádbug áanut áadal stick to make fire wild cat, sp. áhuḍ bǝlǝq bídaw gǝdǝm wind (kind of) to be dusty canist …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 63
… me to mark the opposition male/female. They are shown below. (62) Songhay cognates with feminine gender morpheme male female gloss ʒeemí t-a-ʒéemi-t blacksmith bǝkáw t-a-bǝkaw-t jinn In contrast hánʃi ‘dog’, also a Songhay cognate, cannot be combined with the feminine morpheme. The term is suppleted by a Tamasheq

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 102

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