बस

See also: बीस

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bəs/, [bɐs]
• Rhymes: -əs

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian بس (bas).

Adverb

बस • (bas) (Urdu spelling بس)

1. merely, only

   (deprecated template usage)

   मैं बस यह कहना चाहता था कि ...

   ma͠i bas yah kahnā cāhtā thā ki ...

   I only wanted to say that ...

   Synonym: सिर्फ़ (sirf)

Interjection

बस • (bas) (Urdu spelling بس)

1. enough

   (deprecated template usage)

   बस! तमाशा बंद करो!

   bas! tamāśā band karo!

   Enough! Stop this nonsense!

   (deprecated template usage) बस, इतना ठीक है ― bas, itnā ṭhīk hai ― Enough, this much is fine.

Adjective

बस • (bas) (Urdu spelling بس)

1. enough; ample

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun

बस • (bas) f (Urdu spelling بس)

1. bus

   (deprecated template usage) बस सेवा ― bas sevā ― bus service

Etymology 3

From , from Sanskrit वश (vaśa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wášas.

Noun

बस • (bas) m (Urdu spelling بس)

1. power, control, ability

   (deprecated template usage)

   यह काम तेरे बस का नहीं है।

   yah kām tere bas kā nahī̃ hai.

   This work is beyond your ability.

   (deprecated template usage) बस में ― bas mẽ ― in one's abilities

Etymology 4

Verb

बस • (bas) (Urdu spelling بس)

1. second-person singular imperative of बसना (basnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “बस”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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Nepali

Noun

बस • (bas)

1. bus