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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian ب.
Noun
बे • (be) ? (Urdu spelling ب)
- be (name of the second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet).
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Gujarati બે (be). Doublet of दोन (don).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be/
- Rhymes: -e
- Hyphenation: बे
Numeral
बे • (be)
- two
- बे अठें सोळा ― be aṭhẽ soḷā ― 2 x 8 = 16
Usage notes
Chiefly used when multiplying by two.
Further reading
- Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “बे”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 380