See also: بدا

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root ب د ء (b-d-ʔ). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew בדא (badā, to invent).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ba.da.ʔa/
  • (file)

Verb edit

بَدَأَ (badaʔa) I, non-past يَبْدَأُ‎ (yabdaʔu)

  1. to begin

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بدء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN