بیخ

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *waixa (“base, root”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈbeːx/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beːx]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beːx]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beːx]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biːx]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [beχ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bēx
Dari reading^?	bēx
Iranian reading^?	bix
Tajik reading^?	bex

Noun

بیخ • (bix)

root (of plants)
Synonyms: ریشه (riše), بن (bon)
base, foundation
Synonym: بنیاد (bonyâd)
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 478”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:
  نوش کن جام شراب یک منی
  تا بدان بیخ غم از دل برکنی
  nōš kun jām-i šarāb-i yak manī
  tā bad-ān bēx ġam az dil barkanī
  Drink up the one-maund goblet of wine,
  To drag out grief from your heart thereby [lit. on this basis].
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

→ Urdu: بیخ (bīx)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بیخ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “بیخ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (bēx, “root; base”). The pronunciation with ī via Arabic.

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /biːx/, /beːx/

Noun

بِیخ • (bīx) m (Hindi spelling बीख़) or بیخ • (bex) f (Hindi spelling बेख़)

root; source, origin
foundation, basis
Synonyms: نہاد (nihād), بنیاد (bunyād)
lineage
Synonym: نژاد (naźād)

Derived terms

بِیخ کَن (bīx-kan, “eradicator”, literally “root-digger”)
بِیخِ اَرَنْڈ (bīx-e-aranḍ, “root of a castor plant”)
بِیْخ و بُن (bīx-o-bun, “root and origin”)
بیخ کنی (bīx-kanī, “uprooting”)

References

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

Ushojo

Noun

بیخ (bīx)

base on, root, origin