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به

به

See also: ته, بہٕ, په, پہ, and تۀ

Arabic

Preposition

به (bíhi)

  1. for him/it, with him/it
  2. in him/it, at him/it, on him/it
  3. with him/it, in connection with him/it
  4. through him/it, by means of him/it
  5. by him/it

Related terms


Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bah/
  • Rhymes: -bah, -ah

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bah, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *bahaq.

Alternative forms

Noun

به (Rumi spelling bah, plural به٢)

  1. flood (overflow of water)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Shortened form of ابه, from Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *aba-h, from *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Alternative forms

Noun

به (Rumi spelling bah)

  1. Alternative form of ابه

Etymology 3

Shortened form of بابه, from بابا, variant of باڤ.

Alternative forms

Noun

به (Rumi spelling bah)

  1. Alternative form of bapa

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of بهاس, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, language).

Alternative forms

Abbreviation

به (Rumi spelling bah)

  1. Abbreviation of بهاس.

Etymology 5

Shortened form of باوه, from Proto-Malayic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *babah, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *babah, from Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Austronesian *babaq.

Alternative forms

Preposition

به (Rumi spelling bah)

  1. Alternative form of باوه

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba/

Particle

به (ba)

  1. will (indicating future action)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Term?] 𐭯𐭥𐭭 / PWN (pad, to, at, in, on).

Pronunciation

Preposition

Dari به
Iranian Persian به
Tajik ба (ba)

به (be)

  1. at
  2. to
  3. in
  4. for

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “pad”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62

Etymology 2

Dari به
Iranian Persian به
Tajik беҳ (beh)

From Middle Persian byh (bēh, quince).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

به (beh)

  1. quince

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “bēh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian [Term?] ŠPYL / wyh (weh, better, good), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎢 (vahu, good). Related to Old Armenian վեհ (veh, sublime), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Dari به
Iranian Persian به
Tajik беҳ (beh)

به (beh)

  1. (archaic) good, excellent
  2. (archaic) better
  3. (archaic) elegant
  4. (archaic) safe, sound
Synonyms
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References