بیخ

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *waixa (“base, root”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /beːx/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /beːx/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /biːx/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /bex/

Noun

بیخ • (bix)

root (of plants)
Synonyms: ریشه‎ (riše), بن‎ (bon)
base, foundation
Synonym: بنیاد‎ (bonyâd)

Descendants

→ Urdu: بیخ‎ (bīx)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (bēx, “root; base”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /biːx/, /beːx/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /biːx/, /beːx/

Noun

بیخ or بیخ • (bīx or bex) ?

root; source, origin
foundation, basis
Synonyms: نہاد‎ (nihād), بنیاد‎ (bunyād)
lineage
Synonym: نژاد‎ (naźād)

Derived terms

Derived terms

بِیْخ و بُن‎ (bīx-o-bun, “root and origin”)
بِیخ کَن‎ (bīx-kan, “eradicator”, literally “root-digger”)
بیخ کنی‎ (bīx-kanī, “uprooting”)
بِیخِ اَرَنْڈ‎ (bīx-e-aranḍ, “root of a castor plant”)

References

“بیخ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “بیخ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
Platts, John Thompson (1884), “بیخ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
“بیخ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

Ushojo

Noun

بیخ (bīx)

base on, root, origin

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