بها

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See also: بھا

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Persian بها, from Middle Persian [script needed] (whʾk /⁠wahāg⁠/).

Noun

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بها (baha)

  1. price
Descendants
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  • Turkish: paha

Etymology 2

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From Arabic بَهَاء (bahāʔ).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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بها (bahâ)

  1. beauty, comeliness
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Arabic بِهَا (bi-hā).

Prepositional phrase

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بها (bi-hâ)

  1. by her

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (whʾk /⁠wahāg⁠/); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (to sell, trade). Akin to Armenian գին (gin, price).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bahā
Dari reading? bahā
Iranian reading? bahâ
Tajik reading? baho

Noun

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بها (bahâ)

  1. price, value
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic بِهَا (bi-hā).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bihā
Dari reading? behā
Iranian reading? behâ
Tajik reading? biho

Prepositional phrase

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بها (be-hâ)

  1. by her

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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بها (bahâ)

  1. unhamzated form of بهاء (beauty, elegance)

Further reading

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  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بها”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim