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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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 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”)

• بیچاره‎ (bêčâre)
• بی‌جا‎ (bê-jâ)
• بی‌گناه‎ (bê-gonâh)
• بی‌ستاره‎ (bê-setâre)

• → Bengali: বে- (be-)
• → Hindustani

  Hindi: बे- (be-)

  Urdu: بے‎ (be-)

• Marathi: बे- (be-)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬੇ- (be-)

  Shahmukhi script: بے‎ (be)

• 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

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