بحث

See also: تخت‎, بخت‎, بحت‎, تجب‎, تحب‎, تحت‎, and ب ح ث‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب ح ث‎ (b-ḥ-ṯ).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ba.ħa.θa/

Verb

بَحَثَ • (baḥaṯa) I, non-past يَبْحَثُ‎‎ (yabḥaṯu)

  1. to search [+ فِي‎ (object)] or [+accusative]
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:31:
      ‏فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ‎
      fabaʕaṯa l-lahu ḡurāban yabḥaṯu fī l-ʔarḍi
      Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground...
  2. to look for, to search for, to seek (عَن‎ (ʕan) something)
    ‏أَبْحَثُ عَن جَوَاز سَفَرِي.‎‎
    ʔabḥaṯu ʕan jawāz safarī.
    I'm looking for my passport.
  3. to do research (فِي‎ (fī) into something)
  4. to investigate, to examine, to study, to explore, to look into
  5. to discuss
    ‏الْعَبَادِي يَبْحَثُ "الْحَرْبَ عَلَى الْإِرْهَابِ" مَعَ مَلِكِ الْأُرْدُنِّ.‎‎
    al-ʕabādī yabḥaṯu "al-ḥarba ʕalā l-ʔirhābi" maʕa maliki l-ʔurdunni.
    Al-Abadi discusses the "war on terror" with the king of Jordan.
Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /baħθ/
  • (file)

Noun

بَحْث • (baḥṯ) m (plural بُحُوث‎ (buḥūṯ) or أَبْحَاث‎ (ʔabḥāṯ))

  1. verbal noun of بَحَثَ (baḥaṯa) (form I)
  2. search, quest
  3. examination, study
  4. research
  5. investigation, exploration
  6. discussion
  7. treatise
  8. study, scientific report
Declension
Descendants
  • → Lishana Deni: בחס‎ (baḥs, “regarding, about”)
  • → Persian: بحث‎ (bahs)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic بَحْث‎ (baḥṯ).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /bahs/

    Noun

    بحث • (bahs)

    Dari بحث
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik баҳс (bahs)
    1. discussion
    2. argument

    Descendants

    South Levantine Arabic

    Root
    ب ح ث‎

    Etymology

    From Arabic بَحَثَ‎ (baḥaṯa).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ba.ħas/, [ˈba.ħas]
    • (file)

    Verb

    بحث • (baḥas) (form I, present ببحث‎ (bibḥas))

    1. to research, to investigate
      Synonym: دوّر‎ (dawwar)

    Conjugation

        Conjugation of بحث (baḥas)
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m بحثت (baḥast) بحثت (baḥast) بحث (baḥas) بحثنا (baḥasna) بحثتو (baḥastu) بحثو (baḥasu)
    f بحثتي (baḥasti) بحثت (baḥsat)
    present m ببحث (babḥas) بتبحث (btibḥas) ببحث (bibḥas) منبحث (mnibḥas) بتبحثو (btibḥasu) ببحثو (bibḥasu)
    f بتبحثي (btibḥasi) بتبحث (btibḥas)
    subjunctive m أبحث (ʔabḥas) تبحث (tibḥas) يبحث (yibḥas) نبحث (nibḥas) تبحثو (tibḥasu) يبحثو (yibḥasu)
    f تبحثي (tibḥasi) تبحث (tibḥas)
    imperative m ابحث (ibḥas) ابحثو (ibḥasu)
    f ابحثي (ibḥasi)

    Urdu

    Etymology

    From Persian بحث‎ (bahas).

    Noun

    بحث • (bahas)

    1. discussion
    2. argument
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