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 (2026), “bayu”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

From Proto-Iranian *waytaháh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waytasás, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis.

• IPA^(key): /biː/

بی (bî)

1. willow (tree)

بی

1. Xiaojing spelling of bi (“I”)

Inherited from Sanskrit बीज॑ (bī́ja), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am.

• Tone class: H
• IPA^(key): /bí/

بی (bi) f

1. seed

• Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “bi”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎^[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 81

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 (2022), “بی”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio‎^[2], second edition, Chicago, I.L.: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago, archived from the original on 19 January 2023.

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

بی • (bi)

1. without

   Synonym: بدون (bedun-e)

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

Borrowed 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.