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ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب (bāʔ)

  1. The second letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is بَاء (bāʔ) and it has the sound of English b. It is preceded by أ (ʔ) and followed by ت (t).

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب (bāʔ)

  1. The second letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by أ (ʔ) and followed by ج (j).

ب (b)

  1. Abbreviation of باب (bāb, chapter).

Ultimately Proto-Semitic *bV- (with, in, at, among) with likely interrelation with Proto-Semitic *bayt- (site, location; nest, house); cognates with Ugaritic 𐎁 (b), Aramaic ב־, Classical Syriac ܒ-, Hebrew בְּ־ (bə-), Ge'ez () and Egyptian bw.

بِـ (bi-)

  1. denotes an instrument or tool, with, by (a means)

    طَرَقْتُ الْمِسْمَارَ بِمِطْرَقَةٍ

    ṭaraqtu l-mismāra bi-miṭraqatin
    I hit the nail with a hammer

    رَماهُم بِٱلْحِجَارَةِ

    ramāhum bi-l-ḥijārati
    He pelted them with stones.
  2. denotes the agent of unaccusative forms

    هُوَ يَتَقَوَّى بِهِ

    huwa yataqawwā bihi
    He is strengthened by it
    Coordinate term: (post-Classical) بِوَاسِطَة (biwāsiṭa, denotes the agent of passive forms)
  3. denotes accompaniment
    Coordinate term: مَعَ (maʕa)
    1. with (a component)
      قَهْوةٌ بِٱلْحَلِيبِqahwatun bi-l-ḥalībicoffee with milk
    2. with (a quality); in (a state)
      بِسُرُورٍbi-surūrinwith pleasure
      بِٱمْتِيازٍbi-mtiyāzinwith success and distinction
  4. denotes proximity, with, to, next to, at (touching on, connected with, concerning)
    مَرْبُوطٌ بِشَجَرَةٍmarbūṭun bi-šajaratintied to a tree
    لَا عَلاقةَ لَهُ بِٱلْمَوْضُوعِlā ʕalāqata lahu bi-l-mawḍūʕiunrelated to the subject
  5. denotes inclusion, surrounding, or location, within (a place); in; on; at
    بِٱلْأَرْضِbi-l-ʔarḍion the earth/in or inside the ground
    بِٱلقَرْيةِbi-l-qaryatiin the village
    بِٱلْمَكْتَبَةِbi-l-maktabatiat the library
    بِٱلْمَكْتَبِbi-l-maktabiat the office/in the desk
    Synonym: فِي ()
  6. denotes requital, giving or doing in return; for

    اِشْتَرَيْتُهُ بِأَلْفِ رِيَالٍ.

    ištaraytuhu bi-ʔalfi riyālin.
    I bought it for a thousand riyals.
  7. marks the predicate of a negative copula

    هُوَ لَيْسَ بِشَاهِدٍ وَلَا بِقَارِئٍ.

    huwa laysa bi-šāhidin wa-lā bi-qāriʔin.
    He is not one who witnessed [it] or read [it].
    Inflected forms
Base form بِـ (bi-)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person بِي () بِنَا (binā)
Second person بِكَ (bika) بِكِ (biki) بِكُمَا (bikumā) بِكُمْ (bikum) بِكُنَّ (bikunna)
Third person بِهِ (bihi) بِهَا (bihā) بِهِمَا (bihimā) بِهِمْ (bihim) بِهِنَّ (bihinna)

ب (transliteration needed)

  1. The second letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

ب (transliteration needed)

  1. The fourth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب ()

  1. The second letter of the Kurdo-Arabic alphabet. Its name is با (ba) and it has the sound of English b. It is preceded by ا (a) and followed by پ (pi). Equivalent to b in the Kurdo-Latin alphabet.

ب

  1. The second letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

From the Ottoman Turkish convention.

ب (be)

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پ (be be-talat noʔaṭ)

ب (be)

  1. The second letter of the Lisan ud-Dawat abjad, equivalent to the Gujarati letter (ba).
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ب ـب ـبـ بـ
  • Previous letter: ا
  • Next letter: پ
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ˈbaːʔ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /b/

ب (bāʔ)

  1. The second letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is بَاء (bāʔ), and is preceded by أ (ʔalif) and followed by ت (tāʔ).
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ب ـب ـبـ بـ
  • پ (pāʔ)

Probably from a shortened form of Arabic بَغْيْ (baḡy, to want).

IPA(key): /bi/

بِـ (bi)

  1. -ing (prefix indicating the present continuous tense)

    بِيِتْكَلَّم

    biyitkallam
    he is speaking

From Arabic بِ (bi).

بِـ (bi)

  1. with, by (a means)

    بِالْمِطْرَقة

    bi-l-miṭraga
    with a mallet

ب (b)

  1. The second letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ب ـب ـبـ بـ
  • Previous letter: ا
  • Next letter: پ (p)
Alternative scripts
Arabic ب
Cyrillic Б, б
Latin B, b
Yañalif B, ʙ

ب (b)

  1. The second letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Б.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ب ـب ـبـ بـ

ب (be)

  1. The second letter of the Khowar abjad.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ب ـب ـبـ بـ
  • Previous letter: أ
  • Next letter: پ
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /be/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /b/, /w/, /v/

ب (be)

  1. The second letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Б
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ب ـب ـبـ بـ
  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [bɐ]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [b]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [p̚]

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب

  1. The second letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

ب (bi)

  1. Arabic spelling of bi (by)

From Arabic and Persian.

ب (be)

  1. The second letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet. Its name is با (ba, be).

ب (be or bi)

  1. with
    بخردintelligent (literally, “with intelligence”)
  2. at; in
  3. to; into
  4. for; because of

ب (be)

  1. The second letter of the Pashto alphabet.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ب ـب ـبـ بـ
  • Previous letter: ا
  • Next letter: پ

ب / ب‍ / ‍ب‍ / ‍ب (be)

  1. The second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ا and followed by پ. Its name is به (be) or بِ (be).

ب (be)

  1. The second letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ب ـب ـبـ بـ

ب (be)

  1. The second letter of the Sindhi abjad.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ب ـب ـبـ بـ
  • Previous letter: ا
  • Next letter: ٻ

South Levantine Arabic

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From Arabic بِ (bi).

بـ (bi-)

  1. in, at, on
    Synonym: في (fi)
  2. with, by means of
    Synonym: في (fi)

بـ (b-)

  1. prefix indicating the present tense

From Arabic بِ (bi).

ب (b)

  1. with
    نحب قهوة بالحليبnḥib qahwa b-li-ḥlībI like coffee with milk
    ترعش بالخوفturʕuš bi-l-ḵūfShe is shaking with fear
inflected forms of ب
Base form ب (b)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person بي (biyya) بينا (bīna)
2nd person بيك (bīk) بيكم (bīkum)
3rd person بيه (bīh) بيها (bīha) بيهم (bīhum)

ب (be)

  1. The second letter of the Urdu abjad.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ب ـب ـبـ بـ
  • Previous letter: ا
  • Next letter: پ (p)

ب (be)

  1. The third letter of the Uyghur alphabet.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ب ـب ـبـ بـ
  • Previous letter: ئە (e)
  • Next letter: پ (p)

ب (b)

  1. The second letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ب ـب ـبـ بـ
  • Previous letter: ا
  • Next letter: د