بی
See also: پی
DongxiangEdit
PronounEdit
بی
- Xiaojing spelling of bi (“I”)
PersianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From earlier ابی (abē), from Middle Persian. Compare Old Armenian ապա- (apa-), an Iranian borrowing.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /beː/
PrefixEdit
Dari | بی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | бе (be) |
بی • (bê-, bi-)
Related termsEdit
PrepositionEdit
Dari | بی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | бе (be) |
بی • (bi)
Usage notesEdit
- Prepositional use is now relatively rare in Iran (بدون being preferred), but it remains common elsewhere.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
بی • (bi)
- Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter b in English and other European languages.
Derived termsEdit
- بیبیسی (Bi-Bi-Si)