بها

Persian

Etymology 1

Akin to Armenian գին (gin, “price”).

Noun

بها • (bahâ)

1. price, value

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: baha, bahalı (“expensive”)
• → Turkish: paha, pahalı (“expensive”)

Etymology 2

Noun

بها • (behâ)

1. goodness
2. beauty
3. ornament

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ب‍ﮩ‍ا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul