بی

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See also: پی

Bakhtiari

Etymology 1

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Prefix

بی (transliteration needed)

  1. without
    بی تو نیرم
    bī to nīrom
    I won't go without you

Etymology 2

  1. past stem form of بیدن (bīdan)

Alternative forms

Verb

بی (bī)

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Burushaski

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

بی (bayu)

  1. salt

References

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

Central Kurdish

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Wikipedia ckb

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis.

Pronunciation

Noun

Northern Kurdish bî

بی (bî)

  1. willow (tree)

Dongxiang

Pronoun

بی

  1. Xiaojing spelling of bi (“I”)

Khalaj

Article

بی (bî)

  1. Arabic spelling of bî (“a, an”)

Numeral

بی (bî)

  1. Arabic spelling of bî (“one”)

Khowar

Etymology

From Sanskrit बीज (bīja), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am. Cognate with Kalasha bi.

Noun

بی (bi)

  1. seed

References

  • Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2005) “بی”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio, Chicago: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago.

Persian

Etymology 1

From earlier ابی (abê), from Middle Persian (apě), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Compare Old Armenian ապա- (apa-), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bē
Dari reading? bē
Iranian reading? bi
Tajik reading? be

Prefix

Dari بی
Iranian Persian
Tajik бе-

بیـ، بی‌ـ • (bê-, bi-)

  1. -less (sometimes also translated as un-, in-; see example below)
    Synonym: ناـ (nâ-, “-less”)
    ‎بی‌ـ + ‎گناه (gonâh, “sin”) → ‎بی‌گناه (bê-gonâh, “innocent”, literally “sinless”)
Derived terms
Persian terms prefixed with بی
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: bi-
  • → Bengali: বে- (be-)
  • → Chagatai: بی
  • → Hindustani
    Hindi: बे- (be-)
    Urdu: بے (be-)
  • → Marathi: बे- (be-)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬੇ- (be-)
    Shahmukhi script: بے (be)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بی (bi-)
  • → Ushojo: بے (be-)

Preposition

Dari بی
Iranian Persian
Tajik бе

بی • (bi)

  1. without
    Synonym: بدون (bedun-e)
Usage notes
  • Prepositional use is now relatively rare in Iran (بدون (bedun-e) being preferred), but it remains common elsewhere.

Etymology 2

From English bee.

Noun

بی • (bi)

  1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter b in English and other European languages.
Derived terms

References

  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 29

Ushojo

Etymology 1

From Persian بی (bi).

Verb

بی (bī)

  1. avoid, evade, elude

Etymology 2

Numeral

بی (bī)

  1. twenty
Coordinate terms
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