बे

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ب.

Noun

बे • (be) ? (Urdu spelling ب)

1. be (name of the second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet).

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati બે (be). Doublet of दोन (don).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be/
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: बे

Numeral

बे • (be)

1. two

   बे अठें सोळा ― be aṭhẽ soḷā ― 2 x 8 = 16

Usage notes

Chiefly used when multiplying by two.

Further reading

• Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “बे”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 380