भी
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺 (vi), 𑀧𑀺 (pi), 𑀅𑀯𑀺 (avi), from Sanskrit अपि (api).
Pronunciation[edit]
Particle[edit]
भी • (bhī) (Urdu spelling بھی)
Adverb[edit]
भी • (bhī) (Urdu spelling بھی)
Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- ᬪᬷ (Balinese script)
- ভী (Assamese script)
- ভী (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌭𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ભી (Gujarati script)
- ਭੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦨꦷ (Javanese script)
- ភី (Khmer script)
- ಭೀ (Kannada script)
- ຠີ (Lao script)
- ഭീ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘥𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᢈᢈ (Mongolian script)
- ᢨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- ဘီ (Burmese script)
- 𑧅𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଭୀ (Oriya script)
- ꢩꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖱 (Siddham script)
- භී (Sinhalese script)
- భీ (Telugu script)
- ภี (Thai script)
- བྷཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰíHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰíHs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰíh₂s, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”). Cognate with Old English bifian (whence English bive), Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬫𐬈𐬥𐬙𐬈 (bayente, “they are afraid”), Persian بیم (bim, “fear”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
भी • (bhī́) f
Declension[edit]
Feminine ī-stem declension of भी (bhī́) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | भीः bhī́ḥ |
भियौ bhíyau |
भियः bhíyaḥ |
Vocative | भीः bhī́ḥ |
भियौ bhíyau |
भियः bhíyaḥ |
Accusative | भियम् bhíyam |
भियौ bhíyau |
भियः bhíyaḥ |
Instrumental | भिया bhiyā́ |
भीभ्याम् bhībhyā́m |
भीभिः bhībhíḥ |
Dative | भिये / भियै¹ bhiyé / bhiyaí¹ |
भीभ्याम् bhībhyā́m |
भीभ्यः bhībhyáḥ |
Ablative | भियः / भियाः¹ bhiyáḥ / bhiyā́ḥ¹ |
भीभ्याम् bhībhyā́m |
भीभ्यः bhībhyáḥ |
Genitive | भियः / भियाः¹ bhiyáḥ / bhiyā́ḥ¹ |
भियोः bhiyóḥ |
भियाम् / भीनाम्¹ bhiyā́m / bhīnā́m¹ |
Locative | भियि / भियाम्¹ bhiyí / bhiyā́m¹ |
भियोः bhiyóḥ |
भीषु bhīṣú |
Notes |
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Root[edit]
भी • (√bhī)
- (parasmaipada) to fear, dread, be afraid of
- मृत्योर्बिभेषि किं बाल न स भीतं विमुञ्चति; रावणाद्बिभ्यतीं भृशम् Bk.8.7; Śi.3.45.
- mṛtyorbibheṣi kiṃ bāla na sa bhītaṃ vimuñcati; rāvaṇādbibhyatīṃ bhṛśam Bk.8.7; Śi.3.45.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (ātmanepada) to be anxious or solicitous about
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899), “भी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0758.
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