Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Urdu بھیس (bhes), from Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀲 (vesa), from Sanskrit वेष (vēṣa).

Noun edit

بھیس (bhesm (Gurmukhi spelling ਭੇਸ)

  1. Alternative form of ویس (ves)

Declension edit

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Declension of بھیس
dir. sg. بھیس (bhes)
dir. pl. بھیس (bhes)
singular plural
direct بھیس (bhes) بھیس (bhes)
oblique بھیس (bhes) بھیساں (bhesāṉ)
vocative بھیسا (bhesā) بھیسو (bheso)
ablative بھیسوں (bhesoṉ)
locative بھیسے (bhese) بھیسِیں (bhesīṉ)
instrumental بھیسے (bhese) بھیسِیں (bhesīṉ)

Further reading edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھیس”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਭੇਸ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vēṣa²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 702

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀲 (vesa), from Sanskrit वेष (vēṣa).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

بھیس (bhesm (Hindi spelling भेस)

  1. disguise; guise
    دہشتگردوں نے اہلکاروں کے بھس میں، سرکاری عمارت میں گھس گئے۔
    dahśatgardõ ne ahlkārõ ke bhes mẽ, sarkārī imārat mẽ ghus gaye.
    The terrorists sneaked into the government building in the guise of officials.
  2. garb
  3. sect; group
  4. imitation; following

Declension edit

Declension of بھیس
singular plural
direct بھیس (bhes) بھیس (bhes)
oblique بھیس (bhes) بھیسوں (bhesō̃)
vocative بھیس (bhes) بھیسو (bhesō)

Further reading edit

  • بھیس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • بھیس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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    Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بهيس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.