"به" meaning in Persian

See به in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [bih] [Classical-Persian], [be̞ʱ] [Dari, formal], [be̞ʱ] [Dari, formal], [be̞] [Kabuli], [bi] (note: Hazaragi), [beʱ] [Iran, formal], [beʱ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: beh [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Persian [Term?] ŠPYL / wyh (weh, “better, good”), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎢 (vahu, “good”), from Proto-Iranian *Hwáhuš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásuš, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“good”). Related to Old Armenian վեհ (veh, “sublime”), an Iranian borrowing. Etymology templates: {{inherited|fa|pal}} Middle Persian [Term?], {{m|pal|ŠPYL}} ŠPYL, {{m|pal|wyh|gloss=better, good|tr=weh}} wyh (weh, “better, good”), {{inherited|fa|peo|𐎺𐎢|gloss=good|tr=vahu}} Old Persian 𐎺𐎢 (vahu, “good”), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*Hwáhuš}} Proto-Iranian *Hwáhuš, {{inh|fa|iir-pro|*Hwásuš}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásuš, {{inh|fa|ine-pro|*h₁wésus||good}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“good”), {{cog|xcl|վեհ||sublime}} Old Armenian վեհ (veh, “sublime”) Head templates: {{head|fa|adjective|tr=beh}} به • (beh)
  1. (archaic) good, excellent Tags: archaic Synonyms (good): خوب (xub)
    Sense id: en-به-fa-adj-ZS9KFGEh Disambiguation of 'good': 63 37 0 0
  2. (archaic) better Tags: archaic Categories (lifeform): Fruits Synonyms (better): بهتر (behtar)
    Sense id: en-به-fa-adj-19Xcw2lC Disambiguation of Fruits: 2 33 9 2 14 8 7 27 Disambiguation of 'better': 3 95 2 0
  3. (archaic) elegant Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-به-fa-adj-tMOFj18e
  4. (archaic) safe, sound Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-به-fa-adj-UcMyk6Cy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: بهتر (behtar), بهدین (behdin), بهروز (behruz), بهشهر (behšahr), بهینه (behine), بهآفرید (beh-âfarid)
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [bih] [Classical-Persian], [be̞ʱ] [Dari, formal], [be̞ʱ] [Dari, formal], [biː] [Kabuli], [bi] (note: Hazaragi), [beʱ] [Iran, formal], [beʱ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: beh [romanization]
Etymology: table From Middle Persian [script needed] (byh /⁠bēh⁠/, “quince”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|fa|quince}} table, {{!-}} |-, {{!}} |, {{!}} |, {{l-self|fa|به}} به, {{l-self|tg|беҳ|tr=-}} беҳ, {{fa-regional|به|به|беҳ}}, {{inherited|fa|pal|gloss=quince|tr=byh|ts=bēh}} Middle Persian [script needed] (byh /⁠bēh⁠/, “quince”) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|||||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=beh|tr2=|tr3=}} به • (beh), {{fa-noun|tr=beh}} به • (beh)
  1. quince Categories (lifeform): Fruits Synonyms: بهی (behi), بی (beyy) (english: in Isfahani dialect)
    Sense id: en-به-fa-noun-T2dkLAfU Disambiguation of Fruits: 2 33 9 2 14 8 7 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

IPA: [ba] [Classical-Persian], [bä] [Dari, formal], [bä] [Dari, formal], [bä] [Kabuli], [bä] (note: Hazaragi), [be] [Iran, formal], [bä] [Tajik, formal] Audio: Fa-به.ogg [Iran] Forms: be [romanization]
Rhymes: -e Etymology: From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭 (pʿn) / PWN (pad, “to, at, in, on”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹 (patiy), from Proto-Iranian *pati-. Etymology templates: {{inherited|fa|pal|𐭯𐭥𐭭}} Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭 (pʿn), {{m|pal|PWN|gloss=to, at, in, on|tr=pad}} PWN (pad, “to, at, in, on”), {{der|fa|peo|𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹|tr=patiy}} Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹 (patiy), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*pati-}} Proto-Iranian *pati- Head templates: {{head|fa|preposition|tr=be}} به • (be)
  1. expresses the indirect object: to; for
    Sense id: en-به-fa-prep-ZhbvqOCX Categories (other): Persian prepositions Disambiguation of Persian prepositions: 46 24 30
  2. expresses movement to a place: to; towards; into
    Sense id: en-به-fa-prep-7B8exbvj
  3. indicates the language of a text, speech, etc.: in Categories (lifeform): Fruits
    Sense id: en-به-fa-prep-DetXF59K Disambiguation of Fruits: 2 33 9 2 14 8 7 27 Categories (other): Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters, Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 2 19 16 2 2 13 0 6 3 1 9 3 6 17 Disambiguation of Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters: 14 15 71 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 1 8 3 1 12 7 12 56 Disambiguation of Persian entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 12 4 1 21 9 16 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "name": "der"
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  "forms": [
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "2 33 9 2 14 8 7 27",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Fruits",
          "orig": "fa:Fruits",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "in Persian",
          "roman": "be fârsi",
          "text": "به فارسی",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "in"
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      "rhymes": "-e"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[be]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä]",
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        "Tajik",
        "formal"
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      "tags": [
        "Iran"
      ],
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    }
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}

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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "av",
            "2": "бигь",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Avar: бигь (bih)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Avar: бигь (bih)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ბია",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ბია (bia)\n→ Abkhaz: а-биа (a-bja)\n→ Laz: ბიჲა (biya) — Chkhala\n→ Mingrelian: ბია (bia)\n→ Ossetian: биа (bia) — Digor",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ბია (bia)\n→ Abkhaz: а-биа (a-bja)\n→ Laz: ბიჲა (biya) — Chkhala\n→ Mingrelian: ბია (bia)\n→ Ossetian: биа (bia) — Digor"
    },
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          "expansion": "→ Lak: бигь (bih)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lak: бигь (bih)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northern Kurdish: bîhok"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "!"
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      "expansion": "|",
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        "1": "tg",
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        "tr": "-"
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      "expansion": "беҳ",
      "name": "l-self"
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      "args": {
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        "gloss": "quince",
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      "name": "inherited"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "table\nFrom Middle Persian [script needed] (byh /⁠bēh⁠/, “quince”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "beh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "beh",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
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      "name": "head"
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      "expansion": "به • (beh)",
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          "parents": [
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            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
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        ]
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        {
          "roman": "behi",
          "word": "بهی"
        },
        {
          "english": "in Isfahani dialect",
          "roman": "beyy",
          "word": "بی"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[bih]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[be̞ʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[be̞ʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[biː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bi]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[beʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[beʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:به"
  ],
  "word": "به"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "behtar",
      "word": "بهتر"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "behdin",
      "word": "بهدین"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "behruz",
      "word": "بهروز"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "behšahr",
      "word": "بهشهر"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "behine",
      "word": "بهینه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "beh-âfarid",
      "word": "بهآفرید"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [Term?]",
      "name": "inherited"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "ŠPYL"
      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "wyh",
        "gloss": "better, good",
        "tr": "weh"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎺𐎢",
        "gloss": "good",
        "tr": "vahu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎺𐎢 (vahu, “good”)",
      "name": "inherited"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*Hwáhuš"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *Hwáhuš",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*Hwásuš"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásuš",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁wésus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "good"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“good”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "վեհ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sublime"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian վեհ (veh, “sublime”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [Term?] ŠPYL / wyh (weh, “better, good”), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎢 (vahu, “good”), from Proto-Iranian *Hwáhuš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásuš, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“good”). Related to Old Armenian վեհ (veh, “sublime”), an Iranian borrowing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "tr": "beh"
      },
      "expansion": "به • (beh)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "good, excellent"
      ],
      "id": "en-به-fa-adj-ZS9KFGEh",
      "links": [
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "excellent",
          "excellent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) good, excellent"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 0 0",
          "roman": "xub",
          "sense": "good",
          "word": "خوب"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 33 9 2 14 8 7 27",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Fruits",
          "orig": "fa:Fruits",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "better"
      ],
      "id": "en-به-fa-adj-19Xcw2lC",
      "links": [
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) better"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 95 2 0",
          "roman": "behtar",
          "sense": "better",
          "word": "بهتر"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "elegant"
      ],
      "id": "en-به-fa-adj-tMOFj18e",
      "links": [
        [
          "elegant",
          "elegant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) elegant"
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
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        "safe, sound"
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          "safe",
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          "sound",
          "sound"
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        "(archaic) safe, sound"
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        "archaic"
      ]
    }
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        "Classical-Persian"
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      "ipa": "[be̞ʱ]",
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        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[be̞ʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
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      "ipa": "[be̞]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[bi]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[beʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[beʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "به"
}
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      "args": {
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        "3": "𐭯𐭥𐭭"
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      "name": "inherited"
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        "1": "pal",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹",
        "tr": "patiy"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "be",
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      ]
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Persian",
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    {
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        "expresses the indirect object: to; for"
      ],
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        [
          "to",
          "to"
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        [
          "for",
          "for"
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      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "expresses movement to a place: to; towards; into"
      ],
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        [
          "to",
          "to"
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        [
          "towards",
          "towards"
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        [
          "into",
          "into"
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      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
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        "indicates the language of a text, speech, etc.: in"
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        [
          "in",
          "in"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ba]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[be]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bä]",
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        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fa-به.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/Fa-%D8%A8%D9%87.ogg/Fa-%D8%A8%D9%87.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Fa-%D8%A8%D9%87.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Iran"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Iran)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "به"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle Persian term requests",
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "→ Avar: бигь (bih)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Avar: бигь (bih)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ბია",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
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    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lbe",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lak: бигь (bih)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northern Kurdish: bîhok"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "quince"
      },
      "expansion": "table",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "|-",
      "name": "!-"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "|",
      "name": "!"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "|",
      "name": "!"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
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      "expansion": "به",
      "name": "l-self"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tg",
        "2": "беҳ",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "беҳ",
      "name": "l-self"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "به",
        "2": "به",
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      },
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      "name": "fa-regional"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "gloss": "quince",
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        "ts": "bēh"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (byh /⁠bēh⁠/, “quince”)",
      "name": "inherited"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "table\nFrom Middle Persian [script needed] (byh /⁠bēh⁠/, “quince”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "beh",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
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      "expansion": "به • (beh)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "tr": "beh"
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    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "quince"
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        [
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          "quince"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[bih]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[be̞ʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[be̞ʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[biː]",
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        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bi]",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[beʱ]",
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        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[beʱ]",
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        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "behi",
      "word": "بهی"
    },
    {
      "english": "in Isfahani dialect",
      "roman": "beyy",
      "word": "بی"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:به"
  ],
  "word": "به"
}

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  ],
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      "roman": "behtar",
      "word": "بهتر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "behdin",
      "word": "بهدین"
    },
    {
      "roman": "behruz",
      "word": "بهروز"
    },
    {
      "roman": "behšahr",
      "word": "بهشهر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "behine",
      "word": "بهینه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "beh-âfarid",
      "word": "بهآفرید"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
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      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
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      "expansion": "Middle Persian [Term?]",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "ŠPYL"
      },
      "expansion": "ŠPYL",
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    },
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        "1": "pal",
        "2": "wyh",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎺𐎢",
        "gloss": "good",
        "tr": "vahu"
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      "name": "inherited"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*Hwásuš"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásuš",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁wésus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "good"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "sublime"
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      "expansion": "Old Armenian վեհ (veh, “sublime”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "adjective",
        "tr": "beh"
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      "expansion": "به • (beh)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "good, excellent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "excellent",
          "excellent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) good, excellent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "better"
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      "links": [
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) better"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elegant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elegant",
          "elegant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) elegant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "safe, sound"
      ],
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        [
          "safe",
          "safe"
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        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
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        "(archaic) safe, sound"
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[bih]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[be̞ʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[be̞ʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[be̞]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bi]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[beʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[beʱ]",
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        "Tajik",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xub",
      "sense": "good",
      "word": "خوب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "behtar",
      "sense": "better",
      "word": "بهتر"
    }
  ],
  "word": "به"
}

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