بحث

Compare Hebrew בָּחַשׁ (bakhásh, “to stir”).

• IPA^(key): /ba.ħa.θa/

بَحَثَ • (baḥaṯa) I (non-past يَبْحَثُ (yabḥaṯu), verbal noun بَحْث (baḥṯ))

1. to search [with فِي (fī) or accusative]
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:31:

     فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ

     fabaʕaṯa l-lahu ḡurāban yabḥaṯu fī l-ʔarḍi

     Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground...

2. to look for, to search for, to seek (عَن (ʕan) something)

   أَبْحَثُ عَن جَوَاز سَفَرِي. ― ʔabḥaṯu ʕan jawāz safarī. ― I'm looking for my passport.

3. to do research (فِي (fī) into something)

   العُلَمَاءُ يُبْحَثُون عَنْ حُلُولٍ لِلْمُشْكِلَة.

   al-ʕulamāʔu yubḥaṯūn ʕan ḥulūlin lilmuškila.

   The scientists research solutions to the problem.

4. to investigate, to examine, to study, to explore, to look into
5. to discuss

   الْعَبَادِي يَبْحَثُ "الْحَرْبَ عَلَى الْإِرْهَابِ" مَعَ مَلِكِ الْأُرْدُنِّ.

   al-ʕabādī yabḥaṯu "al-ḥarba ʕalā l-ʔirhābi" maʕa maliki l-ʔurdunni.

   Al-Abadi discusses the "war on terror" with the king of Jordan.

• IPA^(key): /baħθ/

• Noun:

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بَحْث • (baḥṯ) m (plural بُحُوث (buḥūṯ) or أَبْحَاث (ʔabḥāṯ))

1. verbal noun of بَحَثَ (baḥaṯa) (form I)
2. search, quest
3. examination, study
4. research
5. investigation, exploration
6. discussion
7. treatise
8. study, scientific report

• → Lishana Deni: בחס (baḥs, “regarding, about”)
• → Ottoman Turkish: بحث (bahs)
  • Turkish: bahis
• → Persian: بحث (bahs)
  • → Bashkir: бәхәс (bəxəs)
  • → Bengali: বাহাস (bahaś)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: बहस (bahas)

    Urdu: بحث

  • → Kazakh: бәс (bäs)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਬਹਿਸ (bahis)

    Shahmukhi script: بحث (bahis)

• → Uzbek: bahs

بحث (plural بحث-بحث or بحث٢)

1. Jawi spelling of bahas.‎

Borrowed from Arabic بَحْث (baḥṯ, “search, quest”).

بحث • (bahs or bahis) (definite accusative بحثی (bahsi, bahisi), plural بحثلر (bahslar, bahisler))

1. investigation, inquiry, quest, an especially patient or thorough examination in order to ascertain facts, the act of investigating

   Synonym: كشف (keşf, keşif)

2. discussion, debate, discourse, an argument, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision

   Synonyms: مذاكره (müzâkere), مناظره (münâzara)

3. (by extension) subject, topic, a matter dealt with in a text, the main theme of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.

   Synonyms: مبحث (mebhas), موضوع (mevzuʼ)

4. bet, wager, an agreement between two parties, on the outcome of a contest, that a stake will be paid by the loser to the winner

• Turkish: bahis

Borrowed from Arabic بَحْث (baḥṯ).

بحث • (bahs)

1. discussion
2. argument

• گفتگو (goft-gô)

• بحث کردن (bahs kardan)

• → Bashkir: бәхәс (bəxəs)
• → Bengali: বাহাস (bahaś)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बहस (bahas)

  Urdu: بحث

• → Kazakh: бәс (bäs)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬਹਿਸ (bahis)

  Shahmukhi script: بحث (bahis)

From Arabic بَحَثَ (baḥaṯa).

• IPA^(key): /ba.ħas/, [ˈba.ħas]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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بحث • (baḥas) I (present ببحث (bibḥas))

1. to research, to investigate

   Synonym: دوّر (dawwar)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بحث (bahs, “discussion, argument”), from Arabic بَحْث (baḥṯ, “quest; examination”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.ɦəs/, /bɛ.ɦɛs/

بحث • (bahas) f (Hindi spelling बहस)

1. discussion
2. argument