भी

See also: भा, भ, भू, and भृ

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺 (vi), 𑀧𑀺 (pi), 𑀅𑀯𑀺 (avi), from Sanskrit अपि (api).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱiː/

Particle

भी • (bhī) (Urdu spelling بھی‎)

even
यह खायाभी जा सकता है!
yah khāyā bhī jā saktā hai!
It can even be eaten!

Adverb

भी • (bhī) (Urdu spelling بھی‎)

also, too
तुमभी जाओगी? ― tum bhī jāogī? ― Will you too go?
और वोभी दो ― aur vo bhī do ― And, also give me that.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬪᬷ (Balinese script)
ভী (Assamese script)
ভী (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀻 (Brahmi script)
𑌭𑍀 (Grantha script)
ભી (Gujarati script)
ਭੀ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦨꦷ (Javanese script)
ភី (Khmer script)
ಭೀ (Kannada script)
ຠີ (Lao script)
ഭീ (Malayalam script)
𑘥𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᢈᢈ (Mongolian script)
ᢨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
ဘီ (Burmese script)
𑧅𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐷 (Newa script)
ଭୀ (Oriya script)
ꢩꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖱 (Siddham script)
භී (Sinhalese script)
భీ (Telugu script)
ภี (Thai script)
བྷཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒲 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰíHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰíHs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰíh₂s, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”). Cognate with Old English bifian (whence English bive), Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬫𐬈𐬥𐬙𐬈‎ (bayente, “they are afraid”), Persian ‎ (bim, “fear”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱíː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /bʱiː/

Noun

भी • (bhī́) f

fear, fright, alarm, dread

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of भी (bhī́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भीः bhī́ḥ	भियौ bhíyau	भियः bhíyaḥ
Vocative	भीः bhī́ḥ	भियौ bhíyau	भियः bhíyaḥ
Accusative	भियम् bhíyam	भियौ bhíyau	भियः bhíyaḥ
Instrumental	भिया bhiyā́	भीभ्याम् bhībhyā́m	भीभिः bhībhíḥ
Dative	भिये / भियै¹ bhiyé / bhiyaí¹	भीभ्याम् bhībhyā́m	भीभ्यः bhībhyáḥ
Ablative	भियः / भियाः¹ bhiyáḥ / bhiyā́ḥ¹	भीभ्याम् bhībhyā́m	भीभ्यः bhībhyáḥ
Genitive	भियः / भियाः¹ bhiyáḥ / bhiyā́ḥ¹	भियोः bhiyóḥ	भियाम् / भीनाम्¹ bhiyā́m / bhīnā́m¹
Locative	भियि / भियाम्¹ bhiyí / bhiyā́m¹	भियोः bhiyóḥ	भीषु bhīṣú
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit

Root

भी • (√bhī)

(parasmaipada) to fear, dread, be afraid of
मृत्योर्बिभेषि किं बाल न स भीतं विमुञ्चति; रावणाद्बिभ्यतीं भृशम् Bk.8.7; Śi.3.45.
mṛtyorbibheṣi kiṃ bāla na sa bhītaṃ vimuñcati; rāvaṇādbibhyatīṃ bhṛśam Bk.8.7; Śi.3.45.
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(ātmanepada) to be anxious or solicitous about

Derived terms

भय (bhaya)
भीत (bhīta)
भीति (bhīti)
भीम (bhīmá)
भीरु (bhīru)
भीषण (bhīṣaṇa)
भीष्म (bhīṣma)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “भी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0758.