beg

Etymology 1
, of uncertain origin. Possibly from, forms of , itself of  origin. Possibly from, a frequentative verb derived from (“plea, petition, prayer”, whence ). Alternatively from, an agent noun from the same surce. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. All ultimately from the root of, which see for more. An alternative theory considers the verb a backformation from and derives the latter from.

Verb

 * 1)  To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
 * 2)  To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
 * 3)  To unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction.
 * 4)  To obviously lack or be in need of something.
 * 5)  In the phrase : to assume.
 * 6)  In the phrase : to raise (a question).
 * 7)  To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
 * 1)  To unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction.
 * 2)  To obviously lack or be in need of something.
 * 3)  In the phrase : to assume.
 * 4)  In the phrase : to raise (a question).
 * 5)  To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
 * 1)  In the phrase : to assume.
 * 2)  In the phrase : to raise (a question).
 * 3)  To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
 * 1)  In the phrase : to raise (a question).
 * 2)  To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
 * 1)  To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.

Usage notes
This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: اِسْتَجْدَى,
 * Gulf Arabic: طر
 * Hijazi Arabic: شَحَت
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: dilənmək
 * Belarusian: папраша́йнічаць, прасі́ць, жабрава́ць
 * Bulgarian:, , изпро́ся
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Crimean Tatar: yalvarmaq
 * Czech:
 * Danish: tigge
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: almozpeti
 * Ewe: ɖekuku
 * Faroese: bidda
 * Finnish:, , , , kärttää
 * French:, ,
 * Friulian: cirî
 * Galician: pedichar, galloufar, mendicar, aquestar, perdouxer
 * Georgian: ხვეწნა, მუდარა
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: ביקש, קיבץ נדבות
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: betla
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: mendicar
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: សុំទាន
 * Latin: mendīcor
 * Macedonian: просјачи
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maori: minene, pīnono, pikoni, mīnono
 * Middle English: beggen
 * North Frisian: beđeri
 * Northern Sami: ánuhit, átnut, gearjidit
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: tigga
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: про̀сити, просја́чити
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: žobrať
 * Slovene: beračiti, prosjačiti
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: magpalimos
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar: соранырга, теләнеп сорау
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tocharian B: yāsk-
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: жебра́чити, же́брати, проси́ти
 * Uzbek: тиланмоқ
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Zazaki: ver geyren
 * ǃXóõ: ǁgàã


 * Arabic: تَسَوَّلَ, رَجَا
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: умо́льваць, малі́ць, блага́ць, прасі́ць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, bønfalde
 * Dutch:
 * Ewe: ɖekuku
 * Finnish:, , , , kärttää
 * French: ,
 * Galician: pregar, ladar, deprecar, questar, pianchar, medear
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἱκετεύω, δέω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: implorar
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 拝み倒す
 * Korean:, , , , ,
 * Latin: rogo, obsecrō
 * Lombard: pregà
 * Macedonian: моли, преколнува
 * Middle English: beggen
 * Occitan: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мо̀лити, замо̀лити
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian:, моли́ти, проси́ти
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * ǃXóõ: ǁgàã


 * Afrikaans:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Korean:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Welsh:

Noun

 * 1) The act of begging; an imploring request.

Etymology 2
From.

Translations

 * Arabic: بيك
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Kazakh: бек
 * Ottoman Turkish: بك
 * Persian:
 * Tajik: бек
 * Tatar:
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: بیگ
 * Uyghur: بەگ
 * Uzbek:

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) bag

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) bag

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) small

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) escape

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) run
 * 2) getaway
 * 3) escape
 * 4) withdrawal
 * 5)  flight

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) bey Turkish governor

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) request, an action of begging

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  white

Adverb

 * 1) in vain; for nothing
 * 2) for free; free of charge