ب

See also: پ, ت, ٹ, and ث

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /baːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب • (bāʾ)

1. The second letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is بَاء (bāʔ) and it has the sound of English b. It is preceded by أ (ʔ) and followed by ت (t).

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet

Symbol

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب • (bāʾ)

1. The second letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by أ (ʔ) and followed by ج (j).

Noun

ب • (b)

1. Abbreviation of باب (bāb, “chapter”).

Etymology 2

Ultimately Proto-Semitic *bV- (“with, in, at, among”) with likely interrelation with Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“site, location; nest, house”); cognates with Ugaritic 𐎁 (b), Aramaic ב־, Classical Syriac ܒ-, Hebrew בְּ־ (bə-), and Ge'ez በ (bä).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi/

Preposition

بِـ • (bi-)

1. with, by (a means)

   بِالْمِطْرَقة ― bi-l-miṭraqa ― with a hammer

2. with (a component)

   قَهْوةٌ بِالْحَلِيب ― qahwatun bi-l-ḥalīb ― coffee with milk

3. with (a quality); in (a state)

   بِسُرُور ― bisurūr ― with pleasure

4. with, to, at (touching on, connected with, concerning)

   مَرْبُوطٌ بِشَجَرة ― marbūṭun bišajara ― tied to a tree

   لَا عَلاقةَ لَهُ بِالْمَوْضُوع ― lā ʕalāqata lahu bi-l-mawḍūʕ ― unrelated to the subject

5. in (a place)

   بِالقَرْية ― bi-l-qarya ― in the village

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					بِـ (bi-)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	بِي (bī)		بِنَا (binā)
Second person	بِكَ (bika)	بِكِ (biki)	بِكُمَا (bikumā)	بِكُمْ (bikum)	بِكُنَّ (bikunna)
Third person	بِهِ (bihi)	بِهَا (bihā)	بِهِمَا (bihimā)	بِهِمْ (bihim)	بِهِنَّ (bihinna)

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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From the Ottoman Turkish convention.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /be/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

ب • (be)

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See also

پ (be be-talat noʾaṭ)

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Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈbaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

ب • (bāʾ)

1. The second letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is بَاء (bāʔ), and is preceded by أ (ʔ) and followed by ت (t).

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ب	ـب	ـبـ	بـ

See also

پ (pāʾ)

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Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /be/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

ب (be)

1. The second letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ب	ـب	ـبـ	بـ

See also

• Previous letter: أ
• Next letter: پ

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Kurdish

Letter

1. The second letter of the Kurdo-Arabic alphabet. Its name is and it has the sound of English b. It is preceded by and followed by . Equivalent to b in the Kurdo-Latin alphabet.

Preposition

1. by

See also

• Kurdo-Latin alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ب

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Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /be/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/, /w/, /v/

Letter

ب • (be)

1. The second letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Б

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ب	ـب	ـبـ	بـ

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا, ب, پ, ﻥ, ﺕ, ﺝ, ﭺ, ﺡ, ﻑ, ﻕ, ﻉ, ك, گ, ڭ, ﻝ, ﻡ, و, ۅ, ۉ, ﯗ, ﯞ, ﺱ, ﺵ, ﺩ, ﺭ, ﺯ, ﻩ, ﻯ, ﯗﺀ, ﻰﺋ, ﻲ, ﻯ, ء, يۋ, ﻻ,

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐ]
• IPA^(key): [b]
• IPA^(key): [p̚]

Letter

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب

1. The second letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ة,‎ ث,‎ ج,‎ چ,‎ ح,‎ خ,‎ د,‎ ذ,‎ ر,‎ ز,‎ س,‎ ش,‎ ص,‎ ض,‎ ط,‎ ظ,‎ ع,‎ غ,‎ ڠ,‎ ف,‎ ڤ,‎ ق,‎ ک,‎ ݢ,‎ ل,‎ م,‎ ن,‎ و,‎ ۏ,‎ ه,‎ ء,‎ ي,‎ ى,‎ ڽ ^[edit]

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Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /be/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

ب • (be)

1. The second letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ب	ـب	ـبـ	بـ

See also

• Previous letter: ا
• Next letter: پ

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Persian

Pronunciation

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Letter

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب • (be)

1. The second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ا and followed by پ. Its name is به or بِ.

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Tunisian Arabic

Preposition

بـ (b)

1. with

   • نْحِبْ قَهْوَة بِالْحْلِيبْ (nḥib qahwa bilḥlīb) — I like coffee with milk
   • تُرْعُشْ بِالْخُوفْ (turʿuš bilḫūf) - She is shaking with fear

Inflection

inflected forms of ب
Base form					بِيـ (bī)
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		بِيَّا (biyyā)		بِينَا (bīnā)
2nd person		بِيكْ (bīk)		بِيكُم (bīkum)
3rd person		بِيهْ (bīh)	بِيهَا (bīhā)	بِيهُم (bīhum)

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Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /beː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

ب • (be)

1. The second letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ب	ـب	ـبـ	بـ

See also

• Previous letter: ا
• Next letter: پ (p)

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Uyghur

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /be/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

ب • (be)

1. The third letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ب	ـب	ـبـ	بـ

See also

• Previous letter: ئە (e)
• Next letter: پ (p)