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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• IPA^(key): [baju]

بی (bayu)

1. salt

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis.

• IPA^(key): /biː/

بی (bî)

1. willow (tree)

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 Sanskrit बीज (bīja), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am. Cognate with Kalasha bi.

بی (bi)

1. seed

• Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2022) “بی”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio‎^[1], second edition, Chicago, I.L.: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago, archived from the original on 19 January 2023.

From earlier ابی (abê), from Middle Persian [script needed] (apē), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Compare Old Armenian ապա- (apa-), an Iranian borrowing.

بی • (bi)

1. without

   Synonym: بدون (bedun-e)

• Prepositional use is now relatively unusual in Iran (بدون (bedun-e) being preferred), but it remains common elsewhere.

Borrowed 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

• Prev: اِنڑ بی. Next: اِیک گَبی.