به

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See also: ته, بہٕ, په, پہ, تۀ, بە, تہٕ, and تھ

Malay

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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به (plural به-به or به۲, informal 1st possessive بهکو, 2nd possessive بهمو, 3rd possessive بهڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of bah (“flood”)‎

Etymology 2

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Noun

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به (plural به-به or به۲, informal 1st possessive بهکو, 2nd possessive بهمو, 3rd possessive بهڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of bah (“father”)‎

Etymology 3

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Noun

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به (plural به-به or به۲, informal 1st possessive بهکو, 2nd possessive بهمو, 3rd possessive بهڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of bah (“father”)‎

Etymology 4

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Noun

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به (plural به-به or به۲, informal 1st possessive بهکو, 2nd possessive بهمو, 3rd possessive بهڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of bah (“language”)‎

Etymology 5

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Preposition

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به

  1. Jawi spelling of bah (“under, below”)‎

Pashto

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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به • (ba)

  1. will (indicating future action)

Persian

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭 (pʿn) / PWN (pad, “to, at, in, on”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹 (patiy), from Proto-Iranian *pati-.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -e
 

Readings
Classical reading? ba
Dari reading? ba
Iranian reading? be
Tajik reading? ba
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Preposition

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Dari به
Iranian Persian
Tajik ба

به • (be)

  1. expresses the indirect object: to; for
  2. expresses movement to a place: to; towards; into
  3. indicates the language of a text, speech, etc.: in
    به فارسی
    be fârsi
    in Persian

Alternative forms

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References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pad”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62

Etymology 2

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Dari به
Iranian Persian
Tajik беҳ

From Middle Persian [script needed] (byh /⁠bēh⁠/, “quince”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bih
Dari reading? beh
Iranian reading? beh
Tajik reading? beh

Noun

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به • (beh)

  1. quince
Descendants
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References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bēh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18

Etymology 3

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From Middle Persian [Term?] ŠPYL / wyh (weh, “better, good”), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎢 (vahu, “good”), from Proto-Iranian *Hwáhuš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásuš, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“good”). Related to Old Armenian վեհ (veh, “sublime”), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bih
Dari reading? beh
Iranian reading? beh
Tajik reading? beh

Adjective

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Dari به
Iranian Persian
Tajik беҳ

به • (beh)

  1. (archaic) good, excellent
    Synonym: خوب (xub)
  2. (archaic) better
    Synonym: بهتر (behtar)
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2925:
      بَاغْبَان هَم دَانَد آن رَا دَر خَزَان / لیک دِیدِ یَک بِهْ اَز دِیدِ جَهَان
      bāğbān ham dānad ān rā dar xazān / lēk dīd-i yak bih az dīd-i jahān
      The Gardener knows that (difference) even in autumn, but the One's sight is better than the world's sight.
  3. (archaic) elegant
  4. (archaic) safe, sound
Derived terms
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References

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