बस

See also: बीस

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəs/
  • Rhymes: -əs

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian بس‎ (bas).

Adverb

बस • (bas) (Urdu spelling بس‎)

  1. merely, only
    मैं बस यह कहना चाहता था कि ...
    ma͠i bas yah kahnā cāhtā thā ki ...
    I only wanted to say that ...
    Synonym: सिर्फ़ (sirf)

Interjection

बस • (bas) (Urdu spelling بس‎)

  1. enough
    बस! तमाशा बंद करो! ― bas! tamāśā band karo! ― Enough! Stop this nonsense!
    बस, इतना ठीक है
    bas, itnā ṭhīk hai
    Enough, this much is fine.

Adjective

बस • (bas) (Urdu spelling بس‎)

  1. enough; ample

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun

बस • (bas) f (Urdu spelling بس‎)

  1. bus
    बस सेवा ― bas sevā ― bus service

Declension
Declension of बस
Singular Plural
Direct बस (bas) बसें (basẽ)
Oblique बस (bas) बसों (basõ)
Vocative बस (bas) बसो (baso)

Etymology 3

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀲 (vasa), from Sanskrit वश (vaśa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wášas.

Noun

बस • (bas) m

  1. power, control, ability
    यह काम तेरे बस का नहीं है।
    yah kām tere bas kā nahī̃ hai.
    This work is beyond your ability.
    बस में ― bas mẽ ― in one's abilities

Declension
Declension of बस
Singular Plural
Direct बस (bas) बस (bas)
Oblique बस (bas) बसों (basõ)
Vocative बस (bas) बसो (baso)

Etymology 4

Verb

बस • (bas)

  1. second-person singular imperative of बसना (basnā)

References
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “बस”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.

Nepali

Noun

बस • (bas)

  1. bus
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