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Malay
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayic *bah , from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bah , from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bah , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq , from Proto-Austronesian *bahaq .
Alternative forms
Noun
به (Rumi spelling bah , plural به٢ )
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-Malayo-Polynesian *aba , from Proto-Austronesian *aba .
Alternative forms
Noun
به (Rumi spelling bah )
Alternative form of ابه
Etymology 3
Shortened form of بابه , from بابا , variant of باڤ .
Alternative forms
Noun
به (Rumi spelling bah )
Alternative form of bapa
Etymology 4
Abbreviation of بهاس , from Sanskrit भाषा ( bhāṣā , “ language ” ) .
Alternative forms
Noun
به (Rumi spelling bah )
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-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq , from Proto-Austronesian *babaq .
Alternative forms
Preposition
به (Rumi spelling bah )
Alternative form of باوه
Pashto
Pronunciation
Particle
به • (ba )
will (indicating future action )
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭 ( pʿn ) / PWN ( pad , “ to, at, in, on ” ) , from Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹 ( patiy ) , from Proto-Iranian *pati- .
Pronunciation
Readings
Classical reading?
ba
Dari reading?
ba
Iranian reading?
be
Tajik reading?
ba
Preposition
Dari
به
Iranian Persian
Tajik
ба
به • (be )
expresses the indirect object : to ; for
expresses movement to a place : to ; towards ; into
indicates the language of a text, speech, etc. : in
به فارسی be fârsi in Persian
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
Tajik
беҳ
From Middle Persian ( byh /bēh/ , “ quince ” ) .
Alternative forms
بهی ( behi )
بی ( beyy ) ( in Isfahani dialect )
Pronunciation
Readings
Classical reading?
bih
Dari reading?
beh
Iranian reading?
beh
Tajik reading?
beh
Noun
به • (beh )
quince
Descendants
→ Avar: бигь ( bih )
→ Georgian: ბია ( bia )
→ Lak: бигь ( bih )
Northern Kurdish: bîhok
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 ŠPYL / wyh ( weh , “ better, good ” ) , from Old Persian 𐎺𐎢 ( vahu , “ good ” ) , from Proto-Iranian *Hwáhuš , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásuš , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus ( “ good ” ) . Related to Old Armenian վեհ ( veh , “ sublime ” ) , an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
Readings
Classical reading?
bih
Dari reading?
beh
Iranian reading?
beh
Tajik reading?
beh
Adjective
Dari
به
Iranian Persian
Tajik
беҳ
به • (beh )
( archaic ) good , excellent
( archaic ) better
( archaic ) elegant
( archaic ) safe , sound
Synonyms
( good ) : خوب ( xub )
( better ) : بهتر ( behtar )
Derived terms
References