بحث

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Arabic

Root
ب ح ث (b ḥ ṯ)
6 terms

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

Verb

بَحَثَ (baḥaṯa) I (non-past يَبْحَثُ (yabḥaṯu), verbal noun بَحْث (baḥṯ))

  1. to search
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:31:
      فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ
      fabaʕaṯa l-lahu ḡurāban yabḥaṯu fī l-ʔarḍi
      Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground...
  2. to look for, to search for, to seek (عَن (ʕan) something)
    أَبْحَثُ عَن جَوَاز سَفَرِي.
    ʔabḥaṯu ʕan jawāz safarī.
    I'm looking for my passport.
  3. to do research (فِي () into something)
    العُلَمَاءُ يُبْحَثُون عَنْ حُلُولٍ لِلْمُشْكِلَة.
    al-ʕulamāʔu yubḥaṯūn ʕan ḥulūlin lilmuškila.
    The scientists research solutions to the problem.
  4. to investigate, to examine, to study, to explore, to look into
  5. to discuss
    الْعَبَادِي يَبْحَثُ "الْحَرْبَ عَلَى الْإِرْهَابِ" مَعَ مَلِكِ الْأُرْدُنِّ.
    al-ʕabādī yabḥaṯu "al-ḥarba ʕalā l-ʔirhābi" maʕa maliki l-ʔurdunni.
    Al-Abadi discusses the "war on terror" with the king of Jordan.
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baħθ/
  • Noun:(file)

Noun

بَحْث (baḥṯm (plural بُحُوث (buḥūṯ) or أَبْحَاث (ʔabḥāṯ))

  1. verbal noun of بَحَثَ (baḥaṯa) (form I)
  2. search, quest
  3. examination, study
  4. research
  5. investigation, exploration
  6. discussion
  7. treatise
  8. study, scientific report
Declension
Descendants
  • Lishana Deni: בחס (baḥs, regarding, about)
  • Ottoman Turkish: بحث (bahs)
  • Persian: بحث (bahs)
  • Uzbek: bahs

Malay

Noun

بحث (plural بحث-بحث or بحث۲, informal 1st possessive بحثکو, 2nd possessive بحثمو, 3rd possessive بحثڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of bahas‎.

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَحْث (baḥṯ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? bahs
Dari reading? bahs
Iranian reading? bahs
Tajik reading? bahs

Noun

بحث (bahs)

Dari بحث
Iranian Persian
Tajik баҳс
  1. discussion
  2. argument

Synonyms

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ح ث
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَحَثَ (baḥaṯa).

Pronunciation

Verb

بحث (baḥas) I (present ببحث (bibḥas))

  1. to research, to investigate
    Synonym: دوّر (dawwar)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of بحث (baḥas)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بحثت (baḥast) بحثت (baḥast) بحث (baḥas) بحثنا (baḥasna) بحثتو (baḥastu) بحثو (baḥasu)
f بحثتي (baḥasti) بحثت (baḥsat)
present m ببحث (babḥas) بتبحث (btibḥas) ببحث (bibḥas) منبحث (mnibḥas) بتبحثو (btibḥasu) ببحثو (bibḥasu)
f بتبحثي (btibḥasi) بتبحث (btibḥas)
subjunctive m أبحث (ʔabḥas) تبحث (tibḥas) يبحث (yibḥas) نبحث (nibḥas) تبحثو (tibḥasu) يبحثو (yibḥasu)
f تبحثي (tibḥasi) تبحث (tibḥas)
imperative m ابحث (ibḥas) ابحثو (ibḥasu)
f ابحثي (ibḥasi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بحث (bahs, discussion, argument), from Arabic بَحْث (baḥṯ, quest; examination).

Pronunciation

Noun

بحث (bahasf (Hindi spelling बहस)

  1. discussion
  2. argument