بها

See also: بھا

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بها (bahâ).

Noun

بَهَا (bahā)

1. price, value, valor, worth

   Synonym: دَكَرْ (dägär)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: baha
• Gagauz: paa
• Ottoman Turkish: بها (baha)
  • Turkish: paha

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish بَهَا (bahā), from Persian بها (bahâ), from Middle Persian [script needed] (whʾk /⁠wahāg⁠/).

Noun

بها • (baha)

1. price

Descendants

• Turkish: paha

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَهَاء (bahāʔ).

Alternative forms

• بهاء (bahâ')

Noun

بها • (bahâ)

1. beauty, comeliness

Related terms

• بهاء الدین (Bahâ'uddîn)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic بِهَا (bi-hā).

Prepositional phrase

بها • (bi-hâ)

1. by her

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بها”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 414

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (whʾk /⁠wahāg⁠/); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to sell, trade”). Akin to Armenian գին (gin, “price”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ba.ˈhɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɦɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɦɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑːɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔːɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæ.ɦɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɦɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	bahā
Dari reading?	bahā
Iranian reading?	bahâ
Tajik reading?	baho

Noun

بها • (bahâ)

1. price, value

Descendants

• → Bashkir: баһа (baha)
• → Chagatai: بها (baha)
  • Uzbek: باھا
  • Uzbek: baho
• → Old Anatolian Turkish: بَهَا (bahā)
  • Azerbaijani: baha
  • Gagauz: paa
  • Ottoman Turkish: بها (baha)
    • Turkish: paha
• → Kazakh: баға (bağa)
• → Kyrgyz: баа (baa)
• → Turkmen: baha

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بِهَا (bi-hā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bi.ˈhɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [be̞.ɦɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [be̞.ɦɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bi.jɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bi.jɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [be.ɦɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bi.ɦɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	bihā
Dari reading?	behā
Iranian reading?	behâ
Tajik reading?	biho

Prepositional phrase

بها • (be-hâ)

1. by her

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

بها • (bahâ)

1. unhamzated form of بهاء (“beauty, elegance”)

Further reading

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