به
Arabic
Prepositional phrase
به • (bihī)
- for him/it, with him/it
- in him/it, at him/it, on him/it
- with him/it, in connection with him/it
- through him/it, by means of him/it
- by him/it
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bah/
- Rhymes: -bah, -ah
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayic *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bah, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *bah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *bahaq.
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
Shortened form of ابه, from Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *aba-h, from *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.
Etymology 3
Shortened form of بابه, from بابا, variant of باڤ.
Alternative forms
Etymology 5
Shortened form of باوه, from Proto-Malayic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *babah, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Austronesian *babaq.
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian [Term?] 𐭯𐭥𐭭 (pʿn) / PWN (pad, “to, at, in, on”).
Pronunciation
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /be/
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References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “pad”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62
Etymology 2
Dari Persian | به |
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Iranian Persian | به |
Tajiki Persian | беҳ (beh) |
From Middle Persian byh (bēh, “quince”).
Alternative forms
- بهی (behi)
Pronunciation
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /beh/
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “bēh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18
Etymology 3
From Middle Persian [Term?] ŠPYL / wyh (weh, “better, good”), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎢 (vahu, “good”). Related to Old Armenian վեհ (veh, “sublime”), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /beh/
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “به”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “weh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 89