به
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic بَاء (bāʾ).
Noun
به • (beh) f
- The name of the second letter of the Arabic alphabet (ب).
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bah/
- Rhymes: -bah, -ah
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayic *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *bahaq.
Alternative forms
- bah
Noun
به (Rumi spelling bah, plural به٢)
- flood (overflow of water)
Synonyms
- banjir / بنجير
Etymology 2
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.
Alternative forms
- abah
- aba
- bah
- ابه
- اب
Noun
به (Rumi spelling bah)
- Alternative form of ابه
Etymology 3
Shortened form of بابه, from بابا, variant of باڤ.
Alternative forms
- bapa
- baba
- babah
- bah
- bapanda
- bapai
- bapak
- bapang
- papa
- باڤ
- بابا
- بابه
- باڤندا
- باڤاي
- باڤق
- باڤڠ
- ڤاڤ
Noun
به (Rumi spelling bah)
- Alternative form of bapa
Etymology 4
Abbreviation of بهاس, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).
Alternative forms
- bahasa
- بهاس
- bahasa
Noun
به (Rumi spelling bah)
- Abbreviation of بهاس.
Etymology 5
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.
Alternative forms
- bawah
- bah
- باوه
Preposition
به (Rumi spelling bah)
- Alternative form of باوه
Pashto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba/
Particle
به • (ba)
- will (indicating future action)
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭 (pʿn) / PWN (pad, “to, at, in, on”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹 (patiy), from Proto-Iranian *pati-.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /ba/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /ba/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /be/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /ba/
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Preposition
| Dari | به |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ба (ba) |
به • (be)
- expresses the indirect object: to; for
- expresses movement to a place: to; towards; into
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “pad”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62
Etymology 2
| Dari | به |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | беҳ (beh) |
From Middle Persian [script needed] (byh /bēh/, “quince”).
Alternative forms
- بهی (behi)
- بی (beyy) (in Isfahani dialect)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /bih/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /bɪh/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /beh/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /beh/
Noun
به • (beh)
- quince
Descendants
- → Avar: бигь (bih)
- → Georgian: ბია (bia)
- → Abkhaz: а-биа (a-bja)
- → Laz: ბიჲა (biya) – Chkhala
- → Mingrelian: ბია (bia)
- → Ossetian: биа (bia) – Digor
- → Lak: бигь (bih)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “bēh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18
Etymology 3
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.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /beh/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /beh/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /beh/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /beh/
Adjective
| Dari | به |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | беҳ (beh) |
به • (beh)
- (archaic) good, excellent
- (archaic) better
- (archaic) elegant
- (archaic) safe, sound
Synonyms
- (good): خوب (xub)
- (better): بهتر (behtar)
Derived terms
- بهآفرید (behâfarid)
- بهتر (behtar)
- بهدین (behdin)
- بهشهر (behšahr)
- بهینه (behine)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “به”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “weh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 89