بها

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See also: بھا

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بها (bahâ). [1]

Noun

بَهَا (bahā)

  1. price, value, valor, worth
    Synonym: دَكَرْ (dägär)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: baha
  • Gagauz: paa
  • Ottoman Turkish: بها (baha)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “paha”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish بَهَا (bahā), from Persian بها (bahâ), from Middle Persian (whʾk /⁠wahāg⁠/).

Noun

بها • (baha)

  1. price
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَهَاء (bahāʔ).

Alternative forms

Noun

بها • (bahâ)

  1. beauty, comeliness

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic بِهَا (bi-hā).

Prepositional phrase

بها • (bi-hâ)

  1. by her

Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (whʾk /⁠wahāg⁠/); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to sell, trade”). Akin to Armenian գին (gin, “price”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bahā
Dari reading? bahā
Iranian reading? bahâ
Tajik reading? baho

Noun

بها • (bahâ)

  1. price, value
Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بِهَا (bi-hā).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bihā
Dari reading? behā
Iranian reading? behâ
Tajik reading? biho

Prepositional phrase

بها • (be-hâ)

  1. by her

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

بها • (bahâ)

  1. unhamzated form of بهاء (“beauty, elegance”)

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بها”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
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