بیش

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Brahui

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Sanskrit वेसर (vesara), वेशर (veśara, mule).

Noun

بِیش (bīś)

  1. donkey

Derived terms

References

  • Bray, Denys (1934) “bīsh”, in The Brahui Language, Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 75

Chagatai

Chagatai cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : بیش (beş)
    Distributive : بیشار

Numeral

بیش (beş)

  1. five (5)

Descendants

  • Ili Turki: besh
  • Uyghur: بەش (besh)
  • Uzbek: besh

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (wyš /⁠wēš⁠/, more), probably borrowed from Avestan 𐬠𐬌𐬱 (biš, twice), from 𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 (daibitiia).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? bēš
Dari reading? bēš
Iranian reading? biš
Tajik reading? beš

Adverb

Dari بیش
Iranian Persian
Tajik беш

بیش (biš)

  1. more
    Synonym: بیشتر (bištar)
    این کشور بیش از پیش ثروتمند است.
    in kešvar biš az piš servatmand ast.
    This country is wealthier than before.
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 115
  2. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 487

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian (byš /⁠bīš⁠/, aconite), from Sanskrit विषा (viṣā, Aconitum ferox), from विष (viṣa, poison), whence English bikh.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? bīš
Dari reading? bīš
Iranian reading? biš
Tajik reading? biš

Noun

بیش (biš)

  1. aconite
Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բէշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 446–447
  • Laufer, Berthold (1919) Sino-Iranica: Chinese contributions to the history of civilization in ancient Iran, with special reference to the history of cultivated plants and products (Fieldiana, Anthropology; 15), volume 3, Chicago: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, page 582
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18
  • Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “պիյշ”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 442b
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بیش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 221

Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī, flute). Compare Hindi बाँसुरी (bā̃surī).

Noun

بیش (bīš)

  1. flute

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیش (bēš).

Pronunciation

Adjective

بیش (beš) (Hindi spelling बेश)

  1. more, greater
  2. excess, too much, a lot
    Synonyms: کافِی (kāfī), بَہَت (bahat), خُوب (xūb), اَنیک (anek)

References

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

Ushojo

Noun

بیش (beš)

  1. beam
  2. beam made of wood