بيس

See also: بئس, بئش, بیس, پیش, and تیس

Arabic

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

بِيسَ • (bīsa) (form I) /biː.sa/

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of بَاسَ (bāsa)

Ternate

Noun

بيس

1. Jawi spelling of besa‎‎

Verb

بيس

1. Jawi spelling of besa‎‎

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill

Yemeni Arabic

Etymology

Plural of Arabic بيسة (“the smallest copper coin”), from an Indian language (compare पैसा (paisā)) likely via Persian.

Noun

بْيَس (byas) (plural)

1. (Tihamah, Aden) money

See also

• روبية (rūbya, “money (Tihamah, obsolete)”)
• زلط (zalaṭ, “money (Sanʿa)”)
• عدي (ʕaddī, “money (Haḍramawt)”)
• بقش (bugaš, “money”)
• قروش (gurūš, “money”)
• فلوس (fulūs, filūs, “money”)