"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?], {{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: خوب
    Sense id: en-به-fa-adj-ZS9KFGEh
  2. (archaic) better Tags: archaic Categories (lifeform): Fruits Synonyms: بهتر
    Sense id: en-به-fa-adj-19Xcw2lC Disambiguation of Fruits: 1 21 6 1 9 5 4 25 19 9
  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), بهنام (behnâm), 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: From Middle Persian [script needed] (byh /⁠bēh⁠/, “quince”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|fa|quince}}, {{!-}} |-, {{!}} |, {{!}} |, {{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 Synonyms: بهی (behi), بی (beyy) (english: in Isfahani dialect)
    Sense id: en-به-fa-noun-T2dkLAfU
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 Forms: be [romanization]
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), {{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-u8VlCYWv Categories (other): Persian prepositions Disambiguation of Persian prepositions: 27 15 21 18 20
  2. Expresses the direction of movement: to; towards; into
    Sense id: en-به-fa-prep-brCkHsL8
  3. Forms adverbial phrases of manner: by, -ly Categories (lifeform): Fruits
    Sense id: en-به-fa-prep--9-3gZoz Disambiguation of Fruits: 1 21 6 1 9 5 4 25 19 9 Categories (other): Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with entries, Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 9 9 9 14 9 8 0 5 2 0 6 3 5 12 7 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 8 11 8 22 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 18 9 2 Disambiguation of Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters: 6 7 51 31 5 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 0 6 2 0 9 5 8 33 32 3
  4. Indicates the language of a text, speech, etc.: in Categories (lifeform): Fruits
    Sense id: en-به-fa-prep-KMMBwhbO Disambiguation of Fruits: 1 21 6 1 9 5 4 25 19 9 Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 0 6 2 0 9 5 8 33 32 3
  5. Used to form vows: by, in
    Sense id: en-به-fa-prep-hjADzUvW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: بد (english: bed, bad), بذ (Mashhad) [archaic, dialectal], بم (Herati) [dialectal]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
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  "forms": [
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        {
          "english": "Tell me.",
          "roman": "be man begu.",
          "text": "به من بگو.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "This is my advice to you.",
          "roman": "nasihat-e man be šomâ in ast.",
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          "type": "example"
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    {
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        {
          "english": "ways to reach happiness",
          "roman": "râh-hâ-ye residan be xošhâli",
          "text": "راههای رسیدن به خوشحالی",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The Foreign Minister of Turkey went to Tehran.",
          "roman": "vazir-e xâreje-ye torkiye be tehrân raft.",
          "text": "وزیر خارجه ترکیه به تهران رفت.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Expresses the direction of movement: to; towards; into"
      ],
      "id": "en-به-fa-prep-brCkHsL8",
      "links": [
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ],
        [
          "towards",
          "towards"
        ],
        [
          "into",
          "into"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "9 9 9 14 9 8 0 5 2 0 6 3 5 12 7 2",
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        {
          "_dis": "8 8 8 11 8 22 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 18 9 2",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        {
          "_dis": "6 7 51 31 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 6 2 0 9 5 8 33 32 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 21 6 1 9 5 4 25 19 9",
          "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": "quickly",
          "roman": "be sor'at",
          "text": "به سرعت",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "by force, forcibly",
          "roman": "be zur",
          "text": "به زور",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms adverbial phrases of manner: by, -ly"
      ],
      "id": "en-به-fa-prep--9-3gZoz",
      "links": [
        [
          "by",
          "by"
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        [
          "-ly",
          "-ly"
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    },
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "0 6 2 0 9 5 8 33 32 3",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "name": "Fruits",
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            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
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            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "in Persian",
          "roman": "be fârsi",
          "text": "به فارسی",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Indicates the language of a text, speech, etc.: in"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "in",
          "in"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "in the name of God",
          "roman": "be nâm-e xodâ",
          "text": "به نام خدا",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to form vows: by, in"
      ],
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          "by",
          "by"
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        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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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]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "Fa-به.ogg",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "bed, bad",
      "word": "بد"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Mashhad",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "بذ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Herati",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "بم"
    }
  ],
  "word": "به"
}

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "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"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lbe",
            "2": "бигь",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lak: бигь (bih)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lak: бигь (bih)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "bîhok",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: bîhok",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Kurdish: bîhok"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "quince"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "|-",
      "name": "!-"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "|",
      "name": "!"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "|",
      "name": "!"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "به",
        "2": "به",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "pal",
        "gloss": "quince",
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        "ts": "bēh"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (byh /⁠bēh⁠/, “quince”)",
      "name": "inherited"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [script needed] (byh /⁠bēh⁠/, “quince”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "beh",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "به • (beh)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "beh"
      },
      "expansion": "به • (beh)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "quince"
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        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "behi",
          "word": "بهی"
        },
        {
          "english": "in Isfahani dialect",
          "roman": "beyy",
          "word": "بی"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "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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    {
      "_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": "behnâm",
      "word": "بهنام"
    },
    {
      "_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": "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",
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      },
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "adjective",
        "tr": "beh"
      },
      "expansion": "به • (beh)",
      "name": "head"
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          "roman": "bāğbān ham dānad ān rā dar xazān / lēk dīd-i yak bih az dīd-i jahān",
          "text": "بَاغْبَان هَم دَانَد آن رَا دَر خَزَان / لیک دِیدِ یَک بِهْ اَز دِیدِ جَهَان",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) elegant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "safe, sound"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "safe",
          "safe"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) safe, sound"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[bih]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[be̞ʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[be̞ʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[be̞]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bi]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[beʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[beʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "به"
}

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