"بی" meaning in Persian

See بی in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbeː/ [Classical-Persian], [beː] [Dari, formal], [beː] [Dari, formal], [beː] [Kabuli], [beː] (note: Hazaragi), [biː] [Iran, formal], [be] [Tajik, formal] Forms: bi [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English bee. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|en|bee}} Borrowed from English bee Head templates: {{fa-noun|tr=bi}} بی • (bi)
  1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter b in English and other European languages. Derived forms: بیبیسی (bi-bi-si)
    Sense id: en-بی-fa-noun-4BxMtsN9 Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header, Latin letter names Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Latin letter names: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

IPA: /ˈbeː/ [Classical-Persian], [beː] [Dari, formal], [beː] [Dari, formal], [beː] [Kabuli], [beː] (note: Hazaragi), [biː] [Iran, formal], [be] [Tajik, formal] Forms: bi [romanization]
Etymology: From earlier ابی (abê), from Middle Persian [script needed] (apē), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Compare Old Armenian ապա- (apa-), an Iranian borrowing. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fa|inh|fa-cls>اَبی>negative particle|id=negative particle}}, {{uder|fa|pal|tr=apē}} Middle Persian [script needed] (apē), {{der|fa|ine-pro|*h₂epó|t=off, away}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), {{cog|xcl|ապա-}} Old Armenian ապա- (apa-) Head templates: {{head|fa|preposition|tr=bi}} بی • (bi)
  1. without Synonyms: بدون
    Sense id: en-بی-fa-prep-EhayqIl1 Categories (other): Persian prepositions, Persian undefined derivations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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        "formal"
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      "word": "بیبیسی"
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