بیـ

Persian

Etymology

From بی (“without”), earlier ابی (abê), from Middle Persian [script needed] (apě), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Compare Old Armenian ապա- (apa-), an Iranian borrowing.

Prefix

Dari	بیـ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бе-

بیـ or بی‌ـ • (bê-, bi- or transliteration needed)

1. -less (sometimes also translated as un-, in-; see example below)

   Synonym: ناـ (nâ-, “-less”)

   ‎بی‌ـ + ‎گناه (gonâh, “sin”) → ‎بی‌گناه (bê-gonâh, “innocent”, literally “sinless”)

Derived terms

Persian terms prefixed with بیـ

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: bi-
• → Bengali: বে- (be-)
• → Chagatai: بی
  • Uyghur: بىـ (bi-)
  • Uzbek: be-
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बे- (be-)

  Urdu: بے (be-)

• → Marathi: बे- (be-)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬੇ- (be-)

  Shahmukhi script: بے (be)

• → Ottoman Turkish: بی (bi-)
  • Turkish: bi-
• → Ushojo: بے (be-)