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ب

See also: پ‎, ت‎, ث‎, and ٮ‎

ب - Arabic

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /baːʔ/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /b/

Letter

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب‎ • (bāʾ)

  1. The second letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is بَاء‎ (bāʔ) and it has the sound of English b. It is preceded by أ‎ (ʔ) and followed by ت‎ (t).

Symbol

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب‎ • (bāʾ)

  1. The second letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by أ‎ (ʔ) and followed by ج‎ (j).

Noun

ب • (b)

  1. Abbreviation of باب‎ (bāb, “chapter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bi/

Preposition

بِـ • (bi-)

  1. denotes an instrument or tool, with, by (a means)
    • ‏طَرَقْتُ الْمِسْمَارَ بِمِطْرَقَةٍ‎
      • ṭaraqtu l-mismāra bi-miṭraqatin
      • I hit the nail with a hammer
    • ‏رَماهُم بِٱلْحِجَارَةِ‎
      • ramāhum bi-l-ḥijārati
      • He pelted them with stones.
  2. denotes the agent of unaccusative forms
    • ‏هُوَ يَتَقَوَّى بِهِ‎‎
      • huwa yataqawwā bihi
      • He is strengthened by it
    • Coordinate term: (post-Classical) بِوَاسِطَة‎ (biwāsiṭa, denotes the agent of passive forms)
  3. denotes accompaniment
    1. with (a component)
      • ‏قَهْوةٌ بِٱلْحَلِيبِ‎ ― qahwatun bi-l-ḥalībi ― coffee with milk
    2. with (a quality); in (a state)
      • ‏بِسُرُورٍ‎ ― bi-surūrin ― with pleasure
      • ‏بِٱمْتِيازٍ‎ ― bi-mtiyāzin ― with success and distinction
  4. denotes proximity, with, to, next to, at (touching on, connected with, concerning)
    • ‏مَرْبُوطٌ بِشَجَرَة‎ ― marbūṭun bi-šajara ― tied to a tree
    • ‏لَا عَلاقةَ لَهُ بِٱلْمَوْضُوعِ‎ ― lā ʕalāqata lahu bi-l-mawḍūʕi ― unrelated to the subject
  5. denotes inclusion, surrounding, or location, within (a place); in; on; at
    • ‏بِٱلْأَرْضِ‎ ― bi-l-ʔarḍi ― on the earth/in or inside the ground
    • ‏بِٱلقَرْيةِ‎ ― bi-l-qaryati ― in the village
    • ‏بِٱلْمَكْتَبَةِ‎ ― bi-l-maktabati ― at the library
    • ‏بِٱلْمَكْتَبِ‎ ― bi-l-maktabi ― at the office/in the desk
    • Synonym: فِي‎ (fī)
  6. denotes requital, giving or doing in return; for
    • ‏اِشْتَرَيْتُهُ بِأَلْفِ رِيَالٍ.‎‎
      • ištaraytuhu bi-ʔalfi riyālin.
      • I bought it for a thousand riyals.
  7. marks the predicate of a negative copula
    • ‏هُوَ لَيْسَ بِشَاهِدٍ وَلَا بِقَارِئٍ.‎‎
      • huwa laysa bi-šāhidin wa-lā bi-qāriʔin.
      • He is not one who witnessed [it] or read [it].

Inflection

    Inflected forms

Derived terms

ب - Balti

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /b/, [b]

Letter

ب (b)

  1. The second letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

ب - Burushaski

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /b/, [b]

Letter

ب

  1. The fourth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

ب - Central Kurdish

Letter

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب‎ (bā)

  1. The second letter of the Kurdo-Arabic alphabet. Its name is با‎ (ba) and it has the sound of English b. It is preceded by ا‎ (a) and followed by پ‎ (pi). Equivalent to b in the Kurdo-Latin alphabet.

ب - Chinese

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: /p/, [b]

Letter

ب

  1. The second letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

ب - Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /be/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /b/

Letter

ب • (be)

ب - Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /ˈbaːʔ/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /b/

Letter

ب • (bāʾ)

  1. The second letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is بَاء‎ (bāʔ), and is preceded by أ‎ (ʔ) and followed by ت‎ (t).

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
بـبـبـبـ

Pronunciation

IPA: /bi/

Preposition

بِـ • (bi)

  1. -ing (prefix indicating the present continuous tense)
    • ‏بِيِتْكَلَّم‎
      • biyitkallam
      • he is speaking

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bi/

Preposition

بِـ • (bi)

  1. with, by (a means)
    • ‏بِالْمِطْرَقة‎
      • bi-l-miṭraga
      • with a mallet

ب - Kashmiri

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /beː/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /b/

Letter

ب • (b)

  1. The second letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
بـبـبـبـ

ب - Kazakh

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /ba/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /b/

Letter

ب • (b)

  1. The second letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Б.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
بـبـبـبـ

ب - Khowar

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /be/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /b/

Letter

ب (be)

  1. The second letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
بـبـبـبـ

ب - Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /be/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /b/, /w/, /v/

Letter

ب • (be)

  1. The second letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Б

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
بـبـبـبـ

ب - Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA: [bɐ]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA: [b]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA: [p̚]

Letter

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب‎

  1. The second letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

ب - Northern Kurdish

Preposition

ب (bi)

  1. Arabic spelling of bi (“by”)

ب - Ottoman Turkish

Letter

ب • (be)

  1. The second letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet. Its name is با‎ (ba, be).

Preposition

ب or ب • (be or bi)

  1. with
    • ‏بخرد‎ ― intelligent (literally, “with intelligence”)
  2. at; in
  3. to; into
  4. for; because of

ب - Pashto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /be/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /b/

Letter

ب • (be)

  1. The second letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
بـبـبـبـ

ب - Persian

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Persian): IPA: /ba/
  • (Dari): IPA: /ba/
  • (Iranian Persian): IPA: /be/
  • (Tajik): IPA: /ba/

Letter

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب‎ • (be)

  1. The second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ا‎ and followed by پ‎. Its name is به‎ (be) or بِ (be).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Persian) IPA: /bi-/
  • (Dari) IPA: /bɪ-/
  • (Iranian Persian)
    • IPA: (in general) /be-/
      • IPA: (before a syllable with vowel /o/) /bo-/
      • IPA: (before a vowel) /bij-/
    • (Tajik) IPA: /bi-/

    Prefix

    ب‍ـ • (be-)

    1. Marks the present subjunctive of most verbs.
      • ‏می‌خوام پانکراستو بخورم.‎‎ ― mi-xâm pânkrâs-et-o bo-xoram. ― I want to eat your pancreas.
    2. Marks the imperative of most verbs.
      • ‏این را ببین.‎‎ ― in-râ be-bin. ― Look at this.
      • ‏راحت بخواب.‎‎ ― râhat be-xâb. ― Sleep well.
    3. (archaic) Adds an emphatic sense to a verb in the simple past.

    Usage notes

    Unlike the other verbal prefix می‎ (mi-), the negative prefix نـ‎ (na-) replaces ب‍ـ (be-) rather than attaching to it:

    • بگو‎ (be-gu, “say!”) > نگو (na-gu, “don't say!”)

    The prefix is not used with most compound verbs whose verbal element is کردن‎ (kardan) or شدن‎ (šodan); in these cases, the imperative or subjunctive is marked by the bare present stem. In literary language, it may be also omitted for other verbs.

    The verbs بودن‎ (budan, “to be”) and داشتن‎ (dâštan, “to have”) are irregular: the imperative and subjunctive of the former uses the stem باش‎ (bâš) without ب‍ـ (be-), and the latter uses the past participle داشته‎ (dâšte) in conjunction with بودن‎ (budan), e.g. داشته باش‎ (dâšte bâš, “have!”)

    ب - South Levantine Arabic

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /bi/, [bi]

    Preposition

    بـ • (bi-)

    1. in, at, on
      • Synonym: في‎ (fi)
    2. with, by means of
      • Synonym: في‎ (fi)

    Particle

    بـ • (b-)

    1. prefix indicating the present tense

    ب - Tunisian Arabic

    Preposition

    ب (b)

    1. with
      • ‏نحب قهوة بالحليب‎ ― nḥib qahwa b-li-ḥlīb ― I like coffee with milk
      • ‏ترعش بالخوف‎ ― turʕuš bi-l-ḵūf ― She is shaking with fear

    Inflection

    inflected forms of ب

    ب - Urdu

    Pronunciation

    • (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /beː/
    • (Deccani) IPA: /beː/
    • (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /b/
    • (Deccani) IPA: /b/

    Letter

    ب • (be)

    1. The second letter of the Urdu abjad.

    Forms

    Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
    بـبـبـبـ

    ب - Uyghur

    Pronunciation

    • (letter name): IPA: /be/
    • (phoneme): IPA: /b/

    Letter

    ب • (be)

    1. The third letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

    Forms

    Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
    بـبـبـبـ

    ب - Yoruba

    Pronunciation

    • (letter name): IPA: /bi/
    • (phoneme): IPA: /b/

    Letter

    ب (b)

    1. The second letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script.

    Forms

    Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
    بـبـبـبـ
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