بعضی

See also: تعضي

Persian

Etymology

From (ba'z) +‎ (-i).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baʔ.ˈzeː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäʔ.zéː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.zéː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.zéː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæʔ.zíː]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [bæː.zíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäʔ.zé]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ba'zē
Dari reading^?	ba'zē
Iranian reading^?	ba'zi
Tajik reading^?	ba'ze

Audio (Iran): (file)

Pronoun

بَعضی • (ba'zē / ba'zi) (Tajik spelling баъзе)

some
Synonym: برخی (barxi)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1710:
  لیک هم بعضی از این هر دو اثر
  شرح باید کرد یعنی نفع و ضر
  lēk ham ba'zē az īn har dū asar
  šarh bāyad kard ya'nē naf' u zarr
  But still, some of these two [diverse] effects must be explained—that is, the benefit and injury [which they involve]—

Descendants

→ Armenian: բազի (bazi)
→ Azerbaijani: bəzi
→ Ottoman Turkish: بعضی
- Turkish: bazı
- → Laz: ბაზი (bazi)
→ Uzbek: ba'zi
→ Uyghur: بەزى (bezi)