بیجا

Persian

Etymology

From بیـ (bê-) +‎ جا (jâ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [beː.d͡ʒɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.d͡ʒɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.d͡ʒɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.d͡ʒɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beː.d͡ʒɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.d͡ʒɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.d͡ʒɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bē-jā
Dari reading?	bē-jā
Iranian reading?	bi-jâ
Tajik reading?	be-jo

Adjective

Dari	بیجا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	беҷо

ب‌جا • (bêjâ)

1. out of place

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: bica
• → Chagatai: بیجا
  • Uzbek: bejo
• → Urdu: بیجا (bejā)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بیجا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Alternative forms

• بے جا (be jā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیجا (bējā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /beː.d͡ʒɑː/

Adjective

بیجا • (bejā)

1. out of place, ill-placed, misplaced, ill-timed
2. unbecoming, improper, amiss, unlawful, unjustifiable
3. unreasonable, absurd
4. foreign to the purpose, irrelevant
5. inaccurate, wrong, objectionable

Adverb

بیجا • (bejā)

1. injudiciously, wrongly

Further reading

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