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From بی (“without”), earlier ابی (abê), from Middle Persian [script needed] (apě), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Compare Old Armenian ապա- (apa-), an Iranian borrowing.
| Dari
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بیـ
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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бе-
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بیـ or بیـ • (bê-, bi- or transliteration needed)
- -less (sometimes also translated as un-, in-; see example below)
- Synonym: ناـ (nâ-, “-less”)
- بیـ + گناه (gonâh, “sin”) → بیگناه (bê-gonâh, “innocent”, literally “sinless”)
- → Azerbaijani: bi-
- → Bengali: বে- (be-)
- → Chagatai: بی
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: बे- (be-)
- Urdu: بے (be-)
- → Marathi: बे- (be-)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਬੇ- (be-)
- Shahmukhi script: بے (be)
- → Ottoman Turkish: بی (bi-)
- → Ushojo: بے (be-)
