भी

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺 (vi), 𑀧𑀺 (pi), 𑀅𑀯𑀺 (avi), from Sanskrit अपि (api, “close by; also”).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱiː/

भी • (bhī) (Urdu spelling بھی)

1. even

   यह खाया भी जा सकता है!

   yah khāyā bhī jā saktā hai!

   It can even be eaten!

भी • (bhī) (Urdu spelling بھی)

1. also, too

   तुम भी जाओगी? ― tum bhī jāogī? ― Will you too go?

   और वो भी दो ― aur vo bhī do ― And, also give me that.

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ápi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”). Cognate with Old English bifian (whence English bive), Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬫𐬈𐬥𐬙𐬈 (bayente, “they are afraid”), Persian بیم (bim, “fear”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱiː/

भी • (bhī)

1. (parasmaipada) to fear, dread, be afraid of

   मृत्योर्बिभेषि किं बाल न स भीतं विमुञ्चति; रावणाद्बिभ्यतीं भृशम् Bk.8.7; Śi.3.45.

   mṛtyorbibheṣi kiṃ bāla na sa bhītaṃ vimuñcati; rāvaṇādbibhyatīṃ bhṛśam Bk.8.7; Śi.3.45.

   Boy, why are you afraid of death ? Death does not release this anger; he was scared of Ravana.

2. (ātmanepada) to be anxious or solicitous about

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰíHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰíHs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéyh₂-s ~ *bʰih₂-és, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱíː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱiː/

भी • (bhī́) stem, f

1. fear, fright, alarm, dread

• Monier Williams (1899) “भी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 758, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, pages 111-112