بها

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (whʾk /wahāg/); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to sell, trade”). Akin to Armenian գին (gin, “price”).

Noun

بها • (bahâ)

price, value

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: baha, bahalı (“expensive”)
Bashkir: баһа (baha)
→ Ottoman Turkish: بها‎ (baha, “price, expensive”)
- Turkish: paha, pahalı (“expensive”)
→ Kazakh: баға, бағалы (bağa, bağaly, “expensive”)
→ Kyrgyz: баа, баалуу (baa, baaluu, “expensive”)

Noun

بها • (behâ)

References

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

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