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Bakhtiari[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix[edit]
بی (transliteration needed)
- without
- بی تو نیرم
- bī to nīrom
- I won't go without you
Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- بید (bīd)
Verb[edit]
بی (bī)
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Burushaski[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
بی (bayu)
References[edit]
- Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “bayu”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.
Central Kurdish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Northern Kurdish | bî |
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بی (bî)
- willow (tree)
Dongxiang[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
بی
- Xiaojing spelling of bi (“I”)
Khalaj[edit]
Article[edit]
بی (bî)
Numeral[edit]
بی (bî)
Khowar[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit बीज (bīja), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am. Cognate with Kalasha bi.
Noun[edit]
بی (bi)
References[edit]
- Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2005) “بی”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio, Chicago: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago.
Persian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From earlier ابی (abê), from Middle Persian [script needed] (apě), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Compare Old Armenian ապա- (apa-), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [beː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [biː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [be]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | bē |
Dari reading? | bē |
Iranian reading? | bi |
Tajik reading? | be |
Prefix[edit]
Dari | بی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | бе- |
بیـ، بیـ • (bê-, bi-)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Azerbaijani: bi-
- → Bengali: বে- (be-)
- → Chagatai: بی
- → Hindustani
- → Marathi: बे- (be-)
- → Punjabi:
- → Ottoman Turkish: بی (bi-)
- Turkish: bi-
- → Ushojo: بے (be-)
Preposition[edit]
Dari | بی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | бе |
بی • (bi)
Usage notes[edit]
- Prepositional use is now relatively rare in Iran (بدون (bedun-e) being preferred), but it remains common elsewhere.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
بی • (bi)
- Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter b in English and other European languages.
Derived terms[edit]
- بیبیسی (bi-bi-si)
References[edit]
- Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 29
Ushojo[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
بی (bī)
Etymology 2[edit]
Numeral[edit]
بی (bī)
Coordinate terms[edit]
Categories:
- Bakhtiari lemmas
- Bakhtiari prefixes
- Bakhtiari terms with usage examples
- Bakhtiari non-lemma forms
- Bakhtiari verb forms
- Burushaski terms with IPA pronunciation
- Burushaski lemmas
- Burushaski nouns
- Burushaski terms with quotations
- Central Kurdish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Central Kurdish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Central Kurdish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Kurdish lemmas
- Central Kurdish nouns
- Dongxiang lemmas
- Dongxiang pronouns
- Dongxiang Xiaojing forms
- Khalaj lemmas
- Khalaj articles
- Khalaj terms in Arabic script
- Khalaj numerals
- Khowar terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Khowar terms derived from Sanskrit
- Khowar terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Khowar terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Khowar lemmas
- Khowar nouns
- Persian terms derived from Middle Persian
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian prefixes
- Persian prepositions
- Persian terms borrowed from English
- Persian terms derived from English
- Persian nouns
- fa:Latin letter names
- Ushojo terms borrowed from Persian
- Ushojo terms derived from Persian
- Ushojo lemmas
- Ushojo verbs
- Ushojo numerals