بها

See also: بھا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian بها, from Middle Persian [script needed] (whʾk /⁠wahāg⁠/).

Noun

بها • (baha)

  1. price
Descendants
  • Turkish: paha

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَهَاء (bahāʔ).

Alternative forms

Noun

بها • (bahâ)

  1. beauty, comeliness
  • بهاء الدین (Bahâ'uddîn)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic بِهَا (bi-hā).

Prepositional phrase

بها • (bi-hâ)

  1. by her

Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (whʾk /⁠wahāg⁠/); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to sell, trade”). Akin to Armenian գին (gin, “price”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bä.ɦɑ́ː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bɑːɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bɔːɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? bahā
Dari reading? bahā
Iranian reading? bahâ
Tajik reading? baho

Noun

بها • (bahâ)

  1. price, value
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَهَاء (bahāʔ).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bä.ɦɑ́ː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bɑːɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bɔːɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? bahā
Dari reading? bahā
Iranian reading? bahâ
Tajik reading? baho

Noun

بها • (bahâ)

  1. beauty
  2. elegance
Derived terms
  • بهاءالدین (bahâ'-od-din)

Further reading
  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بها”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic بِهَا (bi-hā).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [be̞.ɦɑ́ː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bi.jɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bi.jɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? bihā
Dari reading? behā
Iranian reading? behâ
Tajik reading? biho

Prepositional phrase

بها • (be-hâ)

  1. by her

Further reading
  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بها”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.