bəzi

See also: bezi and bə'zi

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic бәзи
Abjad بعضی

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian بعضی (ba'zi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbæˈzi]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bə‧zi

Determiner

bəzi

  1. some, certain
    Synonym: müəyyən
    Bəzi insanlar tənqidə dözmür.
    Some people can't stand criticism.

Pronoun

bəzi (plural bəzilər, accusative bəzini)

  1. some (a certain number, at least two)
    bəzilər üçün müqəddəs əşya, bəziləri üçünsə adi suvenir
    a sacred object for some, a simple souvenir for others

Matal

Pronunciation

Noun

bəzi

  1. child
    Ama bəzi aŋatà la ahəŋ aw (Luka 1:7).[2]
    And they did not have a child (Luke 1:7)

Adjective

bəzi

  1. small
    Kasəlaw kà, kà bəzi akàl kà, abaɓəh mələm məŋga à gay gesina, ɓəhbaɓəh. (Yakuba 3:5)[3]
    Behold how small a fire sets ablaze how great a forest! (James 3:5)

References

  1. ^ Rossing, Melvin Olaf (1978) “bəzi”, in Mafa-Mada: A Comparative Study of Chadic Languages in North Cameroun, Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Wisconsin-Madison, page 45
  2. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Luke/1
  3. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Jas/3#5
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