باعث

Arabic

Root
ب ع ث (b ʕ ṯ)
8 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb بَعَثَ (baʕaṯa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baː.ʕiθ/

Participle

بَاعِث • (bāʕiṯ) (form I)

active participle of بَعَثَ (baʕaṯa, “to raise, to resurrect”)

Derived terms

البَاعِث (al-bāʕiṯ, “the Raiser of the Dead, one of the names of God in Islam”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: bais
- → Udi: байис (bajis), вайис (vajis)
→ Talysh: bais
→ Persian: باعِث (bâ'es)

Persian

Etymology

"باعث" is the arabicized form of "پاکیس" and consists of "پا" (prefix) + "کیس" (to stand). It has appeared in the "Dictionary of Khotan - Saka" by Harold Walter Bailey in the form of "pachīys" with the meaning "to cause", which shows that it has not developed from the Arabic root "ب ع ث" (to send).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baː.ˈʔis/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ʔɪ́s]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.jɪ́s]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.jís]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒː.ʔés]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔ.ʔís]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bā'is
Dari reading^?	bā'is
Iranian reading^?	bâ'es
Tajik reading^?	bo'is

Noun

باعِث • (bâ'es)

cause, motive
sigâr bâ'es-e saratân mi-šavad.
Smoking causes cancer.
(literally, “Smoking becomes the cause of cancer.”)

Derived terms

باعث شدن (bâ'es šodan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (bā'is), from Arabic بَاعِث (bāʕiṯ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑː.(ʔ)ɪs/

Noun

باعِث • (bā'is) m (Hindi spelling बाइस)

cause, reason
root, origin, basis

References

“باعث”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“باعث”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.