بس

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See also: بسـ, بش, پس, and پش

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب س س (b s s)
1 term

Pronunciation

Verb

بَسَّ (bassa) I (non-past يَبُسُّ (yabussu), verbal noun بَسّ (bass))

  1. (transitive) to crush
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:4-5:
      إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا
      ʔiḏā rujjati l-ʔarḍu rajjan wabussati al-jibālu bassan
      When the earth is shaken with convulsion / And the mountains are crushed, crumbling
Conjugation

Noun

بَسّ (bassm

  1. verbal noun of بَسَّ (bassa) (form I)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:4-5:
      إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا
      ʔiḏā rujjati l-ʔarḍu rajjan wabussati l-jibālu bassan
      When the earth is shaken with convulsion / And the mountains are crushed, crumbling
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

بُسْ (bus) (form I) /bus/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of بَاسَ (bāsa)

Burushaski

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

بس (bis)

  1. fat

References

  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “bis”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Persian بس (bas), from Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/).

Conjunction

بس (bas)

  1. but
  2. only, just
  3. enough, stop

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Persian بس (bas), from Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/).

Conjunction

بس (bas)

  1. but, though
    رِحْتْ اِلْمَطْعَمْ بَسْ كَانْ مْسَكَّرI went to the restaurant but it was closed.
  2. only, just
    سِعِر اِلْوَجْبَة بَسْ دِينَارThe meal costs just one dinar.
  3. enough
    بَسِّكْ كَمْيُوتَرEnough computer (time) for you!

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَسّ (bass, cat).

Pronunciation

Noun

بس (bissm (plural بسس (bisas), feminine بِسَّة (bissa))

  1. cat
Usage notes

The feminine noun بسة (bissa) is used more regardless of the animal's gender.

Etymology 2

From Persian بس (bas, enough, only).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

بس (bas)

  1. only, just
  2. enough
    Synonym: كفاية (kifāya)
  3. but, though
    Synonym: لكن (lākin)

Malay

Noun

بس (plural بس-بس or بس۲, informal 1st possessive بسکو, 2nd possessive بسمو, 3rd possessive بسڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of bas

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun

بس (basm

  1. bus
    Synonym: سروېس (sarwes)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *was- (to want, wish), from Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (to wish).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? bas
Dari reading? bas
Iranian reading? bas
Tajik reading? bas

Adverb

بس (bas)

  1. enough, sufficiently
  2. only

Determiner

بس (bas)

  1. many
Usage notes

Usually used in form of بسی (basi).

Derived terms

Interjection

بس (bas)

  1. enough
    بسه!bas e!Enough!

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: bəs
  • Bengali: ব্যাস (bês)
  • Gujarati: બસ (bas)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: बस (bas)
    Urdu: بس
  • Ottoman Turkish: بس (bes)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬਸ (bas), ਬੱਸ (bassa)
    Shahmukhi script: بس (bs)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun

Dari بس, سرویس
Iranian Persian اتوبوس
Tajik автобус

بس (bus) (Dari transliteration)

  1. bus
Usage notes
  • Used by bus services in Afghanistan but rarely used otherwise. Speakers tend to use سرویس (sarwīs, sarwēs).

References

  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 507

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Persian بس (bas), from Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bass/,
  • Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

Adverb

بسّ (bass)

  1. only, just
    ماما، بسّ خمس دقايق.
    māmā, bass ḵams daʔāyeʔ
    Mom, just five minutes.

Conjunction

بسّ (bass)

  1. but
    Synonyms: لاكن (lāken), أمّا (ʔamma)
  2. as soon as, once (with subjunctive verb)
    Synonym: لمّا (lamma)

Interjection

بسّ (bass)

  1. that's enough!, stop it!
    Synonyms: خلص (ḵalaṣ), حاجة (ḥāje)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

بسّ (bissm (plural بساس (bsās), feminine بسّة (bisse))

  1. cat
Usage notes

The feminine noun بسّة (bisse) is used more regardless of the animal's gender.

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian بس (bas).

Adverb

بَس (bas) (Hindi spelling बस)

  1. merely, only
    Synonym: صِرْف (sirf)

Interjection

بَس (bas) (Hindi spelling बस)

  1. enough

Adjective

بس (bas) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बस)

  1. enough; ample

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun

بس (basf (Hindi spelling बस)

  1. bus
Declension
    Declension of بس
singular plural
direct بَس (bas) بَسیں (basẽ)
oblique بَس (bas) بَسوں (basõ)
vocative بَس (bas) بَسو (baso)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀲 (vasa), from Sanskrit वश (vaśa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wášas.

Noun

بَس (basm (Hindi spelling बस)

  1. power, control, ability
Declension
    Declension of بس
singular plural
direct بَس (bas) بَس (bas)
oblique بَس (bas) بَسوں (basõ)
vocative بَس (bas) بَسو (baso)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

بَس (bas) (Hindi spelling बस)

  1. inflection of بسنا (basnā):
    1. stem
    2. second-person singular present imperative

References

  • بس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • بس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu بس (bas).

Adverb

بس (bas)

  1. merely, only

Adjective

بس (bas)

  1. enough; ample

Interjection

بس (bas)

  1. enough

Noun

بس (bas)

  1. a signal to tell that you are finished