بهی

See also: تهی and بھی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Related to بره (bre) and هی (hey).

Interjection

بهی • (behey)

  1. expresses indignation or irritation

Etymology 2

From Arabic [Term?].

Adjective

بهی • (behi) (feminine بهیه)

  1. beautiful, elegant
  2. An honorific for certain high officials in the early modern Ottoman Empire

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “behey”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “behi”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “behey”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 527
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بهی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 298a

Persian

Noun

Dari بهی
Iranian Persian
Tajik биҳӣ

بهی • (behi)

  1. alternative form of به (beh)

Descendants

  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬਿਹੀ (bihī)
    Shahmukhi script: بهی (bihī)
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