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بُوب
pop (as in pop music) /ˈbuːb/
nounA2#933 most common
Also: pop music, pop (music genre), pop culture
Example sentences
أحب موسيقى البوب.
I love pop music.
هي مغنية بوب مشهورة.
She is a famous pop singer.
نستمع إلى البوب في الحفلة.
We listen to pop at the party.
انتشر البوب الكوري بين الشباب العرب.
Korean pop has spread among Arab youth.
يعتقد كثير من النقاد أن البوب أقل عمقاً من الموسيقى الكلاسيكية.
Many critics think pop is shallower than classical music.
رغم انتقادات النخبة، ظل البوب الموسيقى الأكثر تأثيراً في الثقافة الشعبية المعاصرة.
Despite the elite's criticism, pop has remained the most influential music in contemporary popular culture.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بوب | None |
| Genitive | بوب | None |
| Accusative | بوب | None |
| Vocative | يا بوب | None |
Word family
موسيقى البوبpop music
نجم البوبpop star
بوب آرتpop art
البوب الكوريK-pop (Korean pop)
Etymology
بوب is a twentieth-century loanword from English "pop," itself a clipping of "popular music." Arabic has no /p/ sound, so the English p shifts to b. The word entered Arabic through radio, television, and the record trade, and it now covers both Western and Arabic pop.
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