بی

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بی (transliteration needed)

1. without

   بی تو نیرم

   bī to nīrom

   I won't go without you

1. past stem form of بیدن (bīdan)

• بید (bīd)

بی (bī)

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• IPA^(key): [baju]

بی (bayu)

1. salt

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “bayu”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis.

• IPA^(key): /biː/

بی (bî)

1. willow (tree)

بی

1. Xiaojing spelling of bi (“I”)

بی (bî)

1. Arabic spelling of bî (“a, an”)

بی (bî)

1. Arabic spelling of bî (“one”)

From Sanskrit बीज (bīja), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am. Cognate with Kalasha bi.

بی (bi)

1. seed

• Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2005) “بی”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio, Chicago: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago.

From earlier ابی (abê), from Middle Persian [script needed] (apě), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Compare Old Armenian ապա- (apa-), an Iranian borrowing.

بیـ، بی‌ـ • (bê-, bi-)

1. -less (sometimes also translated as un-, in-; see example below)

   Synonym: ناـ (nâ-, “-less”)

   ‎بی‌ـ + ‎گناه (gonâh, “sin”) → ‎بی‌گناه (bê-gonâh, “innocent”, literally “sinless”)

• → Azerbaijani: bi-
• → Bengali: বে- (be-)
• → Chagatai: بی
  • Uyghur: بىـ (bi-)
  • Uzbek: be-
• → Hindustani

  Hindi: बे- (be-)

  Urdu: بے (be-)

• → Marathi: बे- (be-)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬੇ- (be-)

  Shahmukhi script: بے (be)

• → Ottoman Turkish: بی (bi-)
  • Turkish: bi-
• → Ushojo: بے (be-)

بی • (bi)

1. without

   Synonym: بدون (bedun-e)

• Prepositional use is now relatively rare in Iran (بدون (bedun-e) being preferred), but it remains common elsewhere.

From English bee.

بی • (bi)

1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter b in English and other European languages.

• بی‌بی‌سی (bi-bi-si)

• Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 29

From Persian بی (bi).

بی (bī)

1. avoid, evade, elude

بی (bī)

1. twenty

• Prev: اِنڑ بی. Next: اِیک گَبی.