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() 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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