બે

Gujarati

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH

Sanskrit द्व (dva)

Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑁂 (be)

Apabhramsa बि (bi)

Old Gujarati बि (bi)

Middle Gujarati बि

Gujarati બે

Gujarati numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: બે (be)     Ordinal: બીજું (bījũ), દ્વિતીય (dvitīya)     Adverbial: બીજીવાર (bījīvār)     Multiplier: બમણું (bamṇũ)     Collective: બન્ને (banne)     Fractional: અરધું (aradhũ), અડધું (aḍadhũ)

Inherited from Middle Gujarati बि (bi), from Old Gujarati बि (bi), from Apabhramsa बि (bi), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑁂 (be), from Sanskrit द्व (dva). The [ɛ] is unexplained. Cognate with Kachchi બ (ba), Sindhi ٻَه (ḇah). Distant cognate of Latin bi-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: બે

Numeral

બે • (bě)

1. two

Descendants

• → Marathi: बे (be)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بِ (bi, be), from Arabic بَاء (bāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈbeː/
• Rhymes: -eː
• Hyphenation: બે

Letter

બે • (be) m

1. The name of the Arabic script letter ب/ﺑ.