بس

• Verb: IPA^(key): /bas.sa/
• Noun: IPA^(key): /bass/

بَسَّ • (bassa) I (non-past يَبُسُّ (yabussu), verbal noun بَسّ (bass))

1. (transitive) to crush
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:4-5:

     إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا

     ʔiḏā rujjati l-ʔarḍu rajjan wabussati al-jibālu bassan

     When the earth is shaken with convulsion / And the mountains are crushed, crumbling

بَسّ • (bass) m

1. verbal noun of بَسَّ (bassa) (form I)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:4-5:

     إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا

     ʔiḏā rujjati l-ʔarḍu rajjan wabussati l-jibālu bassan

     When the earth is shaken with convulsion / And the mountains are crushed, crumbling

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

بُسْ • (bus) (form I) /bus/

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of بَاسَ (bāsa)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [bis]

بس (bis)

1. fat

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2025) “bis”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

From Persian بس (bas), from Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/).

بس • (bas)

1. but
2. only, just
3. enough, stop

From Persian بس (bas), from Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/).

بس • (bas)

1. but, though

   رِحْتْ اِلْمَطْعَمْ بَسْ كَانْ مْسَكَّر ― I went to the restaurant but it was closed.

2. only, just

   سِعِر اِلْوَجْبَة بَسْ دِينَار ― The meal costs just one dinar.

3. enough

   بَسِّكْ كَمْيُوتَر ― Enough computer (time) for you!

From Arabic بَسّ (bass, “cat”).

• IPA^(key): /biss/, [bɪs]

بس • (biss) m (plural بسس (bisas), feminine بِسَّة (bissa))

1. cat

The feminine noun بسة (bissa) is used more regardless of the animal's gender.

From Persian بس (bas, “enough, only”).

• IPA^(key): /bass/, [bas]

بس • (bas)

1. only, just
2. enough

   Synonym: كفاية (kifāya)

3. but, though

   Synonym: لكن (lākin)

بس (plural بس-بس or بس٢)

1. Jawi spelling of bas.‎

Borrowed from English bus.

بس • (bas) m

1. bus

   Synonym: سروېس (sarwes)

From Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *was- (“to want, wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (“to wish”).

Readings
Classical reading?	bas
Dari reading?	bas
Iranian reading?	bas
Tajik reading?	bas

بس • (bas)

1. enough, sufficiently
2. only

بس • (bas)

1. many

Usually used in form of بسی (basi).

• بسـ (“poly-”)

بس • (bas)

1. enough

   بسه! ― bas e! ― Enough!

• → Azerbaijani: bəs
• → Bengali: ব্যাস (bês)
• → Gujarati: બસ (bas)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बस (bas)

  Urdu: بس

• → Ottoman Turkish: بس (bes)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬਸ (bas), ਬੱਸ (bassa)

  Shahmukhi script: بس (bs)

Borrowed from English bus.

بس • (bus) (Dari transliteration)

1. bus

• Used by bus services in Afghanistan but rarely used otherwise. Speakers tend to use سرویس (sarwīs, sarwēs).

• Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 507

From Persian بس (bas), from Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/).

• IPA^(key): /bass/, [bas]

• Audio (Jerusalem):

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بسّ • (bass)

1. only, just

   ماما، بسّ خمس دقايق. ― māmā, bass ḵams daʔāyeʔ ― Mom, just five minutes.

بسّ • (bass)

1. but

   Synonyms: لاكن (lāken), أمّا (ʔamma)

2. as soon as, once (with subjunctive verb)

   Synonym: لمّا (lamma)

بسّ • (bass)

1. that's enough!, stop it!

   Synonyms: خلص (ḵalaṣ), حاجة (ḥāje)

• IPA^(key): /bis/, [bɪs]

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بسّ • (biss) m (plural بساس (bsās), feminine بسّة (bisse))

1. cat

The feminine noun بسّة (bisse) is used more regardless of the animal's gender.

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəs/
• Rhymes: -əs

Borrowed from Classical Persian بس (bas).

بَس • (bas) (Hindi spelling बस)

1. merely, only

   Synonym: صِرْف (sirf)

بَس • (bas) (Hindi spelling बस)

1. enough

بس • (bas) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बस)

1. enough; ample

Borrowed from English bus.

بس • (bas) f (Hindi spelling बस)

1. bus

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀲 (vasa), from Sanskrit वश (vaśa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wášas.

بَس • (bas) m (Hindi spelling बस)

1. power, control, ability

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa), from Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá). Doublet of بِش (biś) and وِش (viś).

بِس • (bis) m (Hindi spelling बिस)

1. poison

   Synonym: زَہْر (zahr)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

بَس • (bas) (Hindi spelling बस)

1. inflection of بسنا (basnā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular present imperative

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

From Urdu بس (bas).

بس (bas)

1. merely, only

بس (bas)

1. enough; ample

بس (bas)

1. enough

بس (bas)

1. a signal to tell that you are finished