باعث

Arabic

Root
ب ع ث (b ʕ ṯ)
5 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb بَعَثَ (baʕaṯa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baː.ʕiθ/

Participle

بَاعِث • (bāʕiṯ) (form I)

1. active participle of بَعَثَ (baʕaṯa, “to raise, to resurrect”)

Derived terms

• البَاعِث (al-bāʕiṯ, “the Raiser of the Dead, one of the names of God in Islam”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: bais
  • → Udi: байис (bajis), вайис (vajis)
• → Talysh: bais
• → Persian: باعِث (bâ'es)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَاعِث (bāʕiṯ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ˈʔis]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ʔɪ́s]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ʔɪ́s]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.jɪ́s]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.jís]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒː.ʔés]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔ.ʔís]

Readings
Classical reading?	bā'is
Dari reading?	bā'is
Iranian reading?	bâ'es
Tajik reading?	boʾis

Noun

باعِث • (bâ'es)

1. cause, motive

   سیگار باعث سرطان می‌شود.

   sigâr bâ'es-e saratân mi-šavad.

   Smoking causes cancer.

   (literally, “Smoking becomes the cause of cancer.”)

Derived terms

• باعث شدن (bâ'es šodan)

 

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian باعث (bā'is), from Arabic بَاعِث (bāʕiṯ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑː.(ʔ)ɪs/

Noun

باعِث • (bā'is) m (Hindi spelling बाइस)

1. cause, reason
2. root, origin, basis

References

• “باعث”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “باعث”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.