بیش
See also: بيش
Brahui
Alternative forms
- بھِیش (bhīś)
Etymology
Unknown. Compare Sanskrit वेसर (vesara), वेशर (veśara, “mule”).
Noun
بِیش (bīś)
Derived terms
- بِیشِی (bīśī, “donkey man”)
References
- Bray, Denys (1934) “bīsh”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 75
Chagatai
| < ۴ | ۵ | ۶ > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : بیش (beş) Distributive : بیشار | ||
Numeral
بیش (beş)
- five (5)
Descendants
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian [script needed] (wyš /wēš/, “more”), probably borrowed from Avestan 𐬠𐬌𐬱 (biš, “twice”), from 𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 (daibitiia).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈbeːʃ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [beːʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [biːʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [beʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bēš |
| Dari reading? | bēš |
| Iranian reading? | biš |
| Tajik reading? | beš |
Adverb
بیش • (bēš / biš) (Tajik spelling беш)
- more
- Synonym: بیشتر (bēštar / bištar)
- این کشور بیش از پیش ثروتمند است.
- in kešvar biš az piš servatmand ast.
- This country is wealthier than before.
Descendants
References
- ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 115
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 487
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian [script needed] (byš /bīš/, “aconite”), from Sanskrit विषा (viṣā, “Aconitum ferox”), from विष (viṣa, “poison”), whence English bikh.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈbiːʃ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [biːʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [biːʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [biʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bīš |
| Dari reading? | bīš |
| Iranian reading? | biš |
| Tajik reading? | biš |
Noun
بیش • (bīš / biš) (Tajik spelling биш)
Descendants
- → Arabic: بِيش (bīš)
- → Middle Armenian: բէշ (bēš), բիշ (biš), պէշ (pēš), պիշ (piš)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բէշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 446–447
- Laufer, Berthold (1919) Sino-Iranica: Chinese contributions to the history of civilization in ancient Iran, with special reference to the history of cultivated plants and products (Fieldiana, Anthropology; 15), volume 3, Chicago: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, page 582
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18
- Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “պիյշ”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 442b
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بیش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 221
Torwali
Etymology
From Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī, “flute”). Compare Hindi बाँसुरी (bā̃surī).
Noun
بیش (bīš)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بیش (bēš).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /beːʃ/
Adjective
بیش • (beš) (Hindi spelling बेश)
References
- “بیش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بیش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Ushojo
Noun
بیش (beš)