ب

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /baːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب • (bāʔ)

1. The second letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is بَاء (bāʔ) and it has the sound of English b. It is preceded by أ (ʔ) and followed by ت (t).

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ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب • (bāʔ)

1. The second letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by أ (ʔ) and followed by ج (j).

ب • (b)

1. Abbreviation of باب (bāb, “chapter”).

Ultimately Proto-Semitic *bV- (“with, in, at, among”) with likely interrelation with Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“site, location; nest, house”); cognates with Ugaritic 𐎁 (b), Aramaic ב־, Classical Syriac ܒ-, Hebrew בְּ־ (bə-), Ge'ez በ (bä) and Egyptian bw.

• IPA^(key): /bi/

بِـ • (bi-)

1. denotes an instrument or tool, with, by (a means)

   طَرَقْتُ الْمِسْمَارَ بِمِطْرَقَةٍ

   ṭaraqtu l-mismāra bi-miṭraqatin

   I hit the nail with a hammer

   رَماهُم بِٱلْحِجَارَةِ

   ramāhum bi-l-ḥijārati

   He pelted them with stones.

2. denotes the agent of unaccusative forms

   هُوَ يَتَقَوَّى بِهِ

   huwa yataqawwā bihi

   He is strengthened by it

   Coordinate term: (post-Classical) بِوَاسِطَة (biwāsiṭa, denotes the agent of passive forms)

3. denotes accompaniment

   Coordinate term: مَعَ (maʕa)

   1. with (a component)

      قَهْوةٌ بِٱلْحَلِيبِ ― qahwatun bi-l-ḥalībi ― coffee with milk

   2. with (a quality); in (a state)

      بِسُرُورٍ ― bi-surūrin ― with pleasure

      بِٱمْتِيازٍ ― bi-mtiyāzin ― with success and distinction

4. denotes proximity, with, to, next to, at (touching on, connected with, concerning)

   مَرْبُوطٌ بِشَجَرَةٍ ― marbūṭun bi-šajaratin ― tied to a tree

   لَا عَلاقةَ لَهُ بِٱلْمَوْضُوعِ ― lā ʕalāqata lahu bi-l-mawḍūʕi ― unrelated to the subject

5. denotes inclusion, surrounding, or location, within (a place); in; on; at

   بِٱلْأَرْضِ ― bi-l-ʔarḍi ― on the earth/in or inside the ground

   بِٱلقَرْيةِ ― bi-l-qaryati ― in the village

   بِٱلْمَكْتَبَةِ ― bi-l-maktabati ― at the library

   بِٱلْمَكْتَبِ ― bi-l-maktabi ― at the office/in the desk

   Synonym: فِي (fī)

6. denotes requital, giving or doing in return; for

   اِشْتَرَيْتُهُ بِأَلْفِ رِيَالٍ.

   ištaraytuhu bi-ʔalfi riyālin.

   I bought it for a thousand riyals.

7. marks the predicate of a negative copula

   هُوَ لَيْسَ بِشَاهِدٍ وَلَا بِقَارِئٍ.

   huwa laysa bi-šāhidin wa-lā bi-qāriʔin.

   He is not one who witnessed [it] or read [it].

• بِمَا (bimā)
• بِمَ (bima)
• بِمَنْ (biman)

• IPA^(key): /b/, [b]

ب (transliteration needed)

1. The second letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

• IPA^(key): /b/, [b]

ب (transliteration needed)

1. The fourth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب (bā)

1. The second letter of the Kurdo-Arabic alphabet. Its name is با (ba) and it has the sound of English b. It is preceded by ا (a) and followed by پ (pi). Equivalent to b in the Kurdo-Latin alphabet.

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• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/, [b]

ب

1. The second letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

From the Ottoman Turkish convention.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /be/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

ب • (be)

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پ (be be-talat noʔaṭ)

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /beː/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /b/

ب • (be)

1. The second letter of the Gujarati abjad, equivalent to the Gujarati letter બ.

• Previous letter: ا
• Next letter: پ

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈbaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

ب • (bāʔ)

1. The second letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is بَاء (bāʔ), and is preceded by أ (ʔalif) and followed by ت (tāʔ).

• پ (pāʔ)

Probably from a shortened form of Arabic بَغْيْ (baḡy, “to want”).

IPA^(key): /bi/

بِـ • (bi)

1. -ing (prefix indicating the present continuous tense)

   بِيِتْكَلَّم

   biyitkallam

   he is speaking

From Arabic بِ (bi).

• IPA^(key): /bi/

بِـ • (bi)

1. with, by (a means)

   بِالْمِطْرَقة

   bi-l-miṭraga

   with a mallet

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /beː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

ب • (b)

1. The second letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

• Previous letter: ا
• Next letter: پ (p)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ba/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

ب • (b)

1. The second letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Б.

• Previous letter: ا
• Next letter: پ
• (Arabic script letters) ا, ب, پ, ﺕ, ﺝ, ﭺ, ﺡ, ﺩ, ﺭ, ﺯ, ﺱ, ﺵ, ﻉ, ﻑ, ﻕ, ك, گ, ڭ, ﻝ, ﻡ, ﻥ, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /be/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

ب (be)

1. The second letter of the Khowar abjad.

• Previous letter: أ
• Next letter: پ

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /be/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/, /w/, /v/

ب • (be)

1. The second letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Б

• (Arabic script letters) ا, ب, پ, ﻥ, ﺕ, ﺝ, ﭺ, ﺡ, ﻑ, ﻕ, ﻉ, ك, گ, ڭ, ﻝ, ﻡ, و, ۅ, ۉ, ﯗ, ﯞ, ﺱ, ﺵ, ﺩ, ﺭ, ﺯ, ﻩ, ﻯ, ﯗﺀ, ﻰﺋ, ﻲ, ﻯ, ء, يۋ, ﻻ,

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [bɐ]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [b]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [p̚]

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب

1. The second letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

• (Arabic script letters) ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ة,‎ ث,‎ ج,‎ چ,‎ ح,‎ خ,‎ د,‎ ذ,‎ ر,‎ ز,‎ س,‎ ش,‎ ص,‎ ض,‎ ط,‎ ظ,‎ ع,‎ غ,‎ ڠ,‎ ف,‎ ڤ,‎ ق,‎ ک,‎ ݢ,‎ گ,‎ ل,‎ م,‎ ن,‎ و,‎ ۏ,‎ ه,‎ ہ,‎ ھ,‎ ء,‎ ي,‎ ى,‎ ی,‎ ے,‎ ڽ ^[edit]

ب (bi)

1. Arabic spelling of bi (“by”)

From Arabic and Persian.

ب • (be)

1. The second letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet. Its name is با (ba, be).

ب • (be or bi)

1. with

   بخرد ― intelligent (literally, “with intelligence”)

2. at; in
3. to; into
4. for; because of

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 229
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 313

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /be/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

ب • (be)

1. The second letter of the Pashto alphabet.

• Previous letter: ا
• Next letter: پ

• (phoneme, all dialects) IPA^(key): /b/
  • (Early Classical Persian, after a vowel) IPA^(key): [β]
  • (Early Classical Persian, between vowels) IPA^(key): [β], [w]
    • The phonemes /b/ and /w/ were not strongly distinguished inter-vocally until late Classical Persian.
• (Letter name)
  • (Classical, Dari) IPA^(key): /bɑː/, /beː/
  • (Iran) IPA^(key): /bɒː/, /be/

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  • (Tajik) IPA^(key): /bɔː/, /beː/

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب • (be)

1. The second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ا and followed by پ. Its name is به (be) or بِ (be).

From Middle Persian [script needed] (bʾ /⁠bē⁠/, “out, away, forth”, also preverbal particle of unclear additional meanings), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰe.[1]

In Classical Persian the prefix did not indicate the subjunctive, but had diverse and generally vague meanings depending on the context. The development into a subjunctive marker went hand in hand with the displacement of the simple present by the durative present in می (mi-). Thereby be- became more and more associated with the subjunctive position and was ultimately grammaticalised in this function. The use of simple present for the subjunctive is now literary, while its use for the indicative is archaic/poetic.

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /bi-/, /bij-/

• (Dari)
  • IPA^(key): /bɪ-/
  • IPA^(key): (before a syllable with the vowel /ʊ/) /bʊ-/
  • IPA^(key): (before a vowel) /bij-/

• (Iranian Persian)
  • IPA^(key): (in general) /be-/

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  • IPA^(key): (before a syllable with vowel /o/) /bo-/
  • IPA^(key): (before a vowel) /bij-/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /bi-/, /bij/, /bu/

ب‍ـ • (be-)

1. Marks the present subjunctive of most verbs.

   می‌خوام پانکراستو بخورم. ― mi-xâm pânkrâs-et-o bo-xoram. ― I want to eat your pancreas.

   • 2020, “ماکرون: لوکاشنکو باید برود [Macron: Lukashenko must go]”, in Euronews Persian‎:

     واضح است که لوکاشنکو باید برود.

     vâze ast ke lukâšenko bâyad be-ravad.

     It is clear that Lukashenko must go.

2. Marks the imperative of most verbs.

   این را ببین. ― in-râ be-bin. ― Look at this.

   راحت بخواب. ― râhat be-xâb. ― Sleep well.

3. (archaic) Adds an emphatic sense to a verb in the simple past.

Unlike the other verbal prefix می (mi-), the negative prefix نـ (na-) replaces ب‍ـ (be-) rather than attaching to it:

• بگو (be-gu, “say!”) > نگو (na-gu, “don't say!”)

The prefix is not used with most compound verbs whose verbal element is کردن (kardan) or شدن (šodan); in these cases, the imperative or subjunctive is marked by the bare present stem. In literary language, it may be also omitted for other verbs.

The verbs بودن (budan, “to be”) and داشتن (dâštan, “to have”) are irregular: the imperative and subjunctive of the former uses the stem باش (bâš) without ب‍ـ (be-), and the latter uses the past participle داشته (dâšte) in conjunction with بودن (budan), e.g. داشته باش (dâšte bâš, “have!”)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /be/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

ب • (be)

1. The second letter of the Sindhi abjad.

• Previous letter: ا
• Next letter: ٻ

From Arabic بِ (bi).

• IPA^(key): /bi/, [bi]

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بـ • (bi-)

1. in, at, on

   Synonym: في (fi)

2. with, by means of

   Synonym: في (fi)

بـ • (b-)

1. prefix indicating the present tense

From Arabic بِ (bi).

ب (b)

1. with

   نحب قهوة بالحليب ― nḥib qahwa b-li-ḥlīb ― I like coffee with milk

   ترعش بالخوف ― turʕuš bi-l-ḵūf ― She is shaking with fear

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /beː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /b/

ب • (be)

1. The second letter of the Urdu abjad.

• Previous letter: ا
• Next letter: پ (p)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /be/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

ب • (be)

1. The third letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

• Previous letter: ئە (e)
• Next letter: پ (p)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /bi/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

ب (b)

1. The second letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script.

• Previous letter: ا
• Next letter: د