باعث

Arabic
Root
ب ع ث (b-ʕ-ṯ)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb بَعَثَ (baʕaṯa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baː.ʕiθ/

Participle

بَاعِث • (bāʕiṯ) (form I)

  1. active participle of بَعَثَ (baʕaṯa, “to raise, to resurrect”)

Derived terms
  • البَاعِث (al-bāʕiṯ, “the Raiser of the Dead, one of the names of God in Islam”)

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: bais
    • → Udi: байис (bajis), вайис (vajis)
  • → Talysh: bais
  • → Persian: باعِث (bâ'es)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَاعِث (bāʕiṯ).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bɑː.ʔɪ́s]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bɑː.jɪ́s]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bɔː.jís]

Readings
Classical reading? bā'is
Dari reading? bā'is
Iranian reading? bâ'es
Tajik reading? boʾis

Noun

باعِث • (bâ'es)

  1. cause, motive
    سیگار باعث سرطان می‌شود.
    sigâr bâ'es-e saratân mi-šavad.
    Smoking causes cancer.
    (literally, “Smoking becomes the cause of cancer.”)

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian باعث (bā'is), from Arabic بَاعِث (bāʕiṯ).

Pronunciation

Noun

باعِث • (bā'is) m (Hindi spelling बाइस)

  1. cause, reason
  2. root, origin, basis

References
  • “باعث”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “باعث”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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