બે

Gujarati

Etymology 1

Gujarati numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 ૨
2 		3  → 
    Cardinal: બે (be)
    Ordinal: બીજું (bījũ), દ્વિતીય (dvitīya)
    Adverbial: બીજીવાર (bījīvār)
    Multiplier: બમણું (bamṇũ)
    Collective: બન્ને (banne)
    Fractional: અડધું (aḍadhũ)

Inherited from Middle Gujarati बि (bi), from Old Gujarati बि (bi), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑁄 (do), from Sanskrit द्व (dva).

Pronunciation

Numeral

બે • (bě)

  1. two
Descendants
  • → Marathi: बे (be)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بِ (bi, be), from Arabic بَاء (bāʔ).

Pronunciation

Letter

બે • (be) m

  1. The name of the Arabic-script letter ب/ﺑ.
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