بیضا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْضَاء (bayḍāʔ).

Adjective

بیضا • (beyzâ)

1. Arabic feminine singular and nonhuman plural of ابیض (ebyaz, “white”)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بیضا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 421

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْضَاء (bayḍāʔ), feminine singular of أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baj.zɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäj.zɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäj.zɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäj.zɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäj.zɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bejzɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäj.zɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bayzā
Iranian reading?	beyzâ
Tajik reading?	bayzo

Adjective

Dari	بیضا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	байзо

بیضا • (beyzâ)

1. (reserved for feminine or nonhuman plural nouns) white

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بیضا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْضَاء (bayḍāʔ), feminine singular of أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ).

Adjective

بَیضا • (baizā) (Hindi spelling बैज़ा)

1. (reserved for feminine or nonhuman plural nouns) white; bright, clear, clean, pure

Proper noun

بَیضا • (baizā) ? (Hindi spelling बैज़ा)

1. the sun

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “بيضا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.