بعضی

See also: تعضي

Persian

Etymology

بعض (ba'z) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baʔ.ˈzeː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäʔ.zéː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäʔ.zéː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.zéː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.zéː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæʔ.zíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäʔ.zé]

Readings
Classical reading?	ba'zē
Iranian reading?	ba'zi
Tajik reading?	baʾze

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Pronoun

Dari	بعضی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	баъзе

بَعضی • (ba'zi)

1. some

   Synonym: برخی (barxi)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1710:

     لیک هم بعضی از این هر دو اثر / شرح باید کرد یعنی نفع و ضر

     lik ham ba'zi az in har do asar / šarh bâyad kard ya'ni naf' o zar

     But still, some of these two [diverse] effects must be explained—that is, the benefit and injury [which they involve]—

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: bəzi
• → Ottoman Turkish: بعضی
  • Turkish: bazı
• → Uzbek: ba'zi
• → Uyghur: بەزى (bezi)