بی
See also: پی
Bakhtiari edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix edit
بی (transliteration needed)
- without
- بی تو نیرم
- bī to nīrom
- I won't go without you
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
- بید (bīd)
Verb edit
بی (bī)
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Burushaski edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
بی (bayu)
References edit
- Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “bayu”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.
Central Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Northern Kurdish | bî |
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بی (bî)
- willow (tree)
Dongxiang edit
Pronoun edit
بی
- Xiaojing spelling of bi (“I”)
Khalaj edit
Article edit
بی (bî)
Numeral edit
بی (bî)
Khowar edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit बीज (bīja), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am. Cognate with Kalasha bi.
Noun edit
بی (bi)
References edit
- Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2005) “بی”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio, Chicago: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago.
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From earlier ابی (abê), from Middle Persian [script needed] (apě), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Compare Old Armenian ապա- (apa-), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [beː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [biː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [be]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | bē |
Dari reading? | bē |
Iranian reading? | bi |
Tajik reading? | be |
Prefix edit
Dari | بی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | бе- |
بیـ، بیـ • (bê-, bi-)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Azerbaijani: bi-
- → Bengali: বে- (be-)
- → Chagatai: بی
- → Hindustani
- → Marathi: बे- (be-)
- → Punjabi:
- → Ottoman Turkish: بی (bi-)
- Turkish: bi-
- → Ushojo: بے (be-)
Preposition edit
Dari | بی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | бе |
بی • (bi)
Usage notes edit
- Prepositional use is now relatively rare in Iran (بدون (bedun-e) being preferred), but it remains common elsewhere.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
بی • (bi)
- Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter b in English and other European languages.
Derived terms edit
- بیبیسی (bi-bi-si)
References edit
- Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 29
Ushojo edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
بی (bī)
Etymology 2 edit
Numeral edit
بی (bī)