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بیش

See also: بيش

Brahui

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown. Compare Sanskrit वेसर (vesara), वेशर (veśara, “mule”).

Noun

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بِیش (bīś)

  1. donkey

Derived terms

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References

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  • Bray, Denys (1934) “bīsh”, in The Brahui Language‎[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 75

Chagatai

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Chagatai cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : بیش (beş)
    Distributive : بیشار

Numeral

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بیش (beş)

  1. five (5)

Descendants

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  • Ili Turki: besh
  • Uyghur: بەش (besh)
  • Uzbek: besh

Persian

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (wyš /⁠wēš⁠/, “more”), probably borrowed from Avestan 𐬠𐬌𐬱 (biš, “twice”), from 𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 (daibitiia).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bēš
Dari reading? bēš
Iranian reading? biš
Tajik reading? beš

Adverb

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Dari بیش
Iranian Persian
Tajik беш

بیش • (biš)

  1. more
    Synonym: بیشتر (bištar)
    این کشور بیش از پیش ثروتمند است.
    in kešvar biš az piš servatmand ast.
    This country is wealthier than before.
Descendants
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References

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  1. ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 115
  2. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 487

Etymology 2

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (byš /⁠bīš⁠/, “aconite”), from Sanskrit विषा (viṣā, “Aconitum ferox”), from विष (viṣa, “poison”), whence English bikh.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bīš
Dari reading? bīš
Iranian reading? biš
Tajik reading? biš

Noun

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بیش • (biš)

  1. aconite
Descendants
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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բէշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 446–447
  • Laufer, Berthold (1919) Sino-Iranica: Chinese contributions to the history of civilization in ancient Iran, with special reference to the history of cultivated plants and products (Fieldiana, Anthropology; 15), volume 3, Chicago: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, page 582
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18
  • Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “պիյշ”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 442b
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بیش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 221

Torwali

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī, “flute”). Compare Hindi बाँसुरी (bā̃surī).

Noun

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بیش (bīš)

  1. flute

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian بیش (bēš).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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بیش • (beš) (Hindi spelling बेश)

  1. more, greater
  2. excess, too much, a lot
    Synonyms: کافِی (kāfī), بَہَت (bahat), خُوب (xūb), اَنیک (anek)

References

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  • “بیش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “بیش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

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Noun

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بیش (beš)

  1. beam
  2. beam made of wood
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