بے

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بی (bē).

Pronunciation

Adjective

بے • (be) (Hindi spelling बे-)

  1. (prefix) not, non, un-, in-, dis-, ir, -less, im-

Noun

بے • (be) m (Hindi spelling बे)

  1. the name of the second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet, ب.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • بے شرم (be-šaram, “shameless”)
  • بے ضرر (be-zarar, “harmless”)
  • بے قابو (be-qābū, “uncontrolled”)
  • بے عزتی (be-‘izzatī, “disrespect, disgrace, insult, humiliation”)
  • بے شک (be-šak, “no doubt, undoubtedly”)
  • بے ترتیب (be-tartīb, “random, unordered”)
  • بے ایمان (be-īmān, “irreligious, faithless”)
  • بے کار (be-kār, “useless”)
  • بے تحاشا (be-kār, “wildly, rashly”)
  • بے نامی (be-nāmī, “undisclosed, nameless, benami”)
  • بے خبری (be-xabrī, “unawareness, ignorance”)
  • بے قدر (be-qadr, “valueless, worthless”)
  • بے اتفاقی (be-ittifāqī, “disagreement”)
  • بے وفا (be-vafā, “ungrateful, treacherous”)
  • بے روزگاری (be-rozgārī, “unemployment, joblessness”)
  • بے گھر (be-ghar, “homeless”)
  • بے ہودگی (be-hūdgī, “vulgarity, nonsense”)
  • بے قرار (be-qarār, “restless, uneasy”)
  • بے وفائی (be-vafāī, “faithlessness, infidelity, treachery”)
  • بے وجہ (be-vajah, “without reason, unreasonable”)
  • بے گناہ (be-gunāh, “sinless, innocent”)
  • بے دوا (be-davā, “incurable”)
  • بے گانہ (be-gānah, “stranger, outsider”)
  • بے وقوف (be-vaqūf, “idiot, fool”)
  • بے مزہ (be-mazah, “tasteless, flavourless, displeased”)
  • بے سائز (be-sāiz, “unfit, sizeless”)
  • بے میل (be-mel, “unmatched, incompatible”)
  • بے روحی (be-rūhī, “apathy, unconcern”)
  • بے عقل (be-'aql, “senseless, unwise”)
  • بے حد (be-had, “limitless, excessively”)
  • بے حال (be-hāl, “ruined, miserable”)

References
  • “بے”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “بے”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Adjective

بے (bē)

  1. both
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