بس

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Verb: IPA^(key): /bas.sa/
• Noun: IPA^(key): /bass/

Verb

بَسَّ • (bassa) I, non-past يَبُسُّ‎ (yabussu)

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 • (bass) m

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)

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

Burushaski

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

بس (bis)

1. fat

References

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

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

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

Conjunction

بس • (bas)

1. but
2. only, just

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

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

Conjunction

بس • (bas)

1. but, though

   رِحْتْ اِلْمَطْعَمْ بَسْ كَانْ مْسَكَّر ― I went to the restaurant but it was closed.

2. only, just

   سِعِر اِلْوَجْبَة بَسْ دِينَار ― The meal costs just one dinar.

3. enough

   بَسِّكْ كَمْيُوتَر ― Enough computer (time) for you!

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَسّ (bass, “cat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biss/,

Noun

بس • (biss) m (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

• IPA^(key): /bass/,

Conjunction

بس • (bas)

1. only, just
2. enough

   Synonym: كفاية (kifāya)

3. but, though

   Synonym: لكن (lākin)

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun

بس • (bas) m

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

Adverb

بس • (bas)

1. enough, sufficiently
2. only

Determiner

بس • (bas)

1. many

Usage notes

Usually used in form of بسی (basi).

Interjection

بس • (bas)

1. enough

   بسه! ― bas e! ― Enough!

Prefix

بس • (bas)

1. poly-

Derived terms

• بسپار (baspâr)

Descendants

• → Bengali: ব্যাস (bês)
• → Gujarati: બસ (bas)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बस (bas)

  Urdu: بس

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਬਸ (bas), ਬੱਸ (bassa)

  Shahmukhi: بس

Etymology 2

From English bus.

Noun

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

• IPA^(key): /bis/,

• Audio (Jerusalem)

  (file)

Noun

بسّ • (biss) m (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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəs/
• Rhymes: -əs

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 • (bas) f (Hindi spelling बस)

1. bus

Declension

Etymology 3

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

Noun

بَس • (bas) m (Hindi spelling बस)

1. power, control, ability

Declension

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