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به

See also: ته, بہٕ, په, پہ, تۀ, and بە

Malay edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Malayic *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *bahaq.

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Noun edit

به (Rumi spelling bah, plural به٢)

  1. flood (overflow of water)
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Etymology 2 edit

Shortened form of ابه, from Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

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به (Rumi spelling bah)

  1. Alternative form of ابه

Etymology 3 edit

Shortened form of بابه, from بابا, variant of باڤ.

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Noun edit

به (Rumi spelling bah)

  1. Alternative form of bapa

Etymology 4 edit

Abbreviation of بهاس, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).

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Noun edit

به (Rumi spelling bah)

  1. Abbreviation of بهاس.

Etymology 5 edit

Shortened form of باوه, from Proto-Malayic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Austronesian *babaq.

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Preposition edit

به (Rumi spelling bah)

  1. Alternative form of باوه

Pashto edit

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Particle edit

به • (ba)

  1. will (indicating future action)

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭 (pʿn) / PWN (pad, “to, at, in, on”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹 (patiy), from Proto-Iranian *pati-.

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -e
 

Readings
Classical reading? ba
Dari reading? ba
Iranian reading? be
Tajik reading? ba
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Preposition edit

Dari به
Iranian Persian
Tajik ба

به • (be)

  1. expresses the indirect object: to; for
  2. expresses movement to a place: to; towards; into
  3. indicates the language of a text, speech, etc.: in
    به فارسی
    be fârsi
    in Persian

References edit

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pad”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62

Etymology 2 edit

 
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Dari به
Iranian Persian
Tajik беҳ

From Middle Persian [script needed] (byh /⁠bēh⁠/, “quince”).

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Readings
Classical reading? bih
Dari reading? beh
Iranian reading? beh
Tajik reading? beh

Noun edit

به • (beh)

  1. quince
Descendants edit
  • → Avar: бигь (bih)
  • → Georgian: ბია (bia)
  • → Lak: бигь (bih)
  • Northern Kurdish: bîhok

References edit

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bēh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18

Etymology 3 edit

From Middle Persian [Term?] ŠPYL / wyh (weh, “better, good”), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎢 (vahu, “good”), from Proto-Iranian *Hwáhuš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásuš, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“good”). Related to Old Armenian վեհ (veh, “sublime”), an Iranian borrowing.

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Readings
Classical reading? bih
Dari reading? beh
Iranian reading? beh
Tajik reading? beh

Adjective edit

Dari به
Iranian Persian
Tajik беҳ

به • (beh)

  1. (archaic) good, excellent
  2. (archaic) better
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2925:
      بَاغْبَان هَم دَانَد آن رَا دَر خَزَان / لیک دِیدِ یَک بِهْ اَز دِیدِ جَهَان
      bāğbān ham dānad ān rā dar xazān / lēk dīd-i yak bih az dīd-i jahān
      The Gardener knows that (difference) even in autumn, but the One's sight is better than the world's sight.
  3. (archaic) elegant
  4. (archaic) safe, sound
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