Hindustani to Persian (Letter ba)

Anjani Dhrangadhariya
4 min readNov 18, 2020
The graph showing the intermixture of languages Hindi and Urdu. I created it myself.

I made a note of the words in Hindi that have their roots in Persian. Bonus: I have mentioned Gujarati for some words too on an empirical basis. (Note: This is an evolving article.)

ba or be similar to ba or be (ब/बे)

Persian transliteration — Gujarati — Hindi — Meaning — Clip from pop culture

bábat — (Gujarati:baabat) — (Hindi:-)— on account of —N.A.

baba — (Gujarati:baapa) — (Hindi:baba)— father — baba mala [link]

bádám — (Gujarat:badaam) — (Hindi:baadaam) — almond — [link]

bádiyán — (Gujarati:baadiyan) — (Hindi:-) — star anise — N.A.

bárbár — (Gujarati:vaare vaare) — (Hindi: baar baar) — again and again — [link]

barádari — (Gujarati:viradari) — (Hindi: biraadari) — consanguinity (also sometimes refers to caste or society in Indian subcontinent) — N.A.

barámdah — (Gujarati:varando) — (Hindi: baramdah) — Balcony — N.A.

bahḳurdár — (Gujarati:-)(Hindi: barkhurdar) — happy, enjoying the fruits of life — [link]

bárish —(Gujarati:-) (Hindi:baarish) — rain — [link]

bárut — (Gujarati:-)(Hindi:baarud) — gun powder — [link]

bárik — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:baarik) — thin, fine — N.A.

bariki — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:baariki) — fineness — N.A.

bázar — (Gujarati:bajaar)(Hindi:baazar) — Market — [link]

bázári — (Gujarati:bajaru)(Hindi:baazari) — of the market — [link]

bázu — (Gujarati:baaju) — (Hindi:baazu) — arm — [link]

Bázuband — (Gujarati:baajuband)(Hindi:baazuband) — an ornament to wear on arm — N.A.

Bázigar — (Gujarati:baajigar)(Hindi:baazigar) — a juggler — [link]

Bágh — (Gujarati:baag)(Hindi:bagh) — a garden — [link]

Bághchah — (Gujarati:bagichah)(Hindi:Baaghichah) — a small garden —N.A.

Bághbán — (Hindi:baghban) — a gardener — [link]

Bádla — (Gujarati:badlo, badle) — (Hindi:badlaa) — revenge, return, substitute — [link]

Badmash — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:badmaash) — wicked, cheat — [link]

Bádnam —(Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:badnaam) — infamous —[link]

Bádnami — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:badnaami) — infamy — [link]

badia — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:badhiya) — wonderful — N.A.

bárabar — (Gujarati:baraabar) — (Hindi:baraabar) — equal — [link]

barbád — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:barbaad) — ruined, destroyed — [link]

bárkhast — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:barkhaast) — adjournment, dismission from office — N.A.

barf — (Gujarati:baraf) — (Hindi:barf) — snow —[link]

Bárkat — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:barkat) — blessing — N.A.

Bari — (Gujarati:-) — (Hind:bari) — free, innocent, guiltless —N.A.

Buzurg — (Gujarati:bujurg) — (Hindi:buzurg) — elder, older —N.A.

bas — (Gujarati:bass) — (Hindi:bass) — enough — [link]

bistar — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bistar) — bed — N.A.

batak — (Gujarati:batak) — (Hindi:batak) — a duck — N.A.

Bád — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:baad) — after — N.A.

Baghávat — (Hindi:bagaavat) — rebellion — [link]

bulbul — (Gujarati:bulbul) — (Hindi:bulbul) — a nightingale — [link]

band — (Gujarati:bandh) — (Hindi:band) — closed —[link]

bandar — (Gujarati:bandar) — (Hindi:bandar)— port, harbour —N.A.

bandagi — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bandagi) — servitude —[link]

bandobast —(Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bandobast) — settlement, arrangement — N.A.

bandhan — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bandhan) — bound, to bind —[link]

banduq — (Gujarati:bandhuk)(Hindi:banduk) — gun — [link]

bunyád — (Hindi:buniyad) — foundation —N.A.

bu — (Hindi:bu) — smell (usually bad smell) —N.A.

bue — (Hindi:boo) — odour, smell —N.A.

bahádur — (Gujarati:bahaadur) — (Hindi:bahaadur) — brave —N.A.

bahánah — (Gujarati:bana) — (Hindi:bahana) — excuses —[link]

baháduri —(Gujarati:bahaaduri) — (Hindi:baahaduri) — bravery —N.A.

bihtar — (Hindi:behtar) — good, better, excellent —N.A.

bihtarin — (Hindi:behtareen) — most excellent —N.A.

bayán — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bayaan) — explanation, declaration —[link]

beánjám — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:beanjaam) — endless —N.A.

beparwá — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:beparwah) — fearless —[link], [link]

betáb — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:betaab) — restless, faint —[link]

bedil —(Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bedil) — heartless —N.A.

bedánah — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bedaanah) — seedless —[link]

beghairat — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:Beghairat) — spiritless —N.A.

befáidah — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:befaidah) — useless —N.A.

bekár — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bekaar) — without employment —[link]

begánah — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:begaanah) — stranger —[link]

bewafá — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bewafaa) — ungrateful —[link]

bewafái —(Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bewafai) — ungratefulness —[link]

bimár —(Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bimaar) — sick —N.A.

bimári — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bimaari) — sickness —N.A.

begam — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:begam) — a lady of high rank —[link]

behosh — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:behosh) — without sense —

behoshi — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:behoshi) — state deprivation of sense —

behudah —(Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:behudaa) — vain, absurd —N.A.

bewaquf — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bewakoof) — stupid —[link]

bewáh —(Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bewaah) — a widow —N.A.

bewaqt — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bewaqt) — untimely —N.A.

bewajud — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bewajud) — without existence —N.A.

behunar — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:behunar) — without ingenuity —N.A.

benamak —(Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:benamak) — saltless — N.A.

baiyan —(Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bayaan) — clear, evident — N.A.

bimah — (Gujarati:vimo) — (Hindi:bima) — an insurance —[link]

bewástah —(Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bewástah) — causeless —[link]

Bezabán — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:begunah) — innocent — [link]

Befikar — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:befikar) — without worries— [link]

Bekhayali — (Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:) — without a thought — [link]

Beqarár —(Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bekarar) — restless, uneasy — [link]

Bemisaal —(Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:bemisal) — without an example — [link]

Behisaab —(Gujarati:-) — (Hindi:behisaab) — without price — [link]

In Hindi, the words without the prefix be- are more famous. For example — wastah, namak, hunar, wajud, waqt, hosh, wafa, qarar, faidah, danah, dil, zaban, ghairat.

Have a look at the Github article in table form here: https://github.com/anjani-dhrangadhariya/persian-hindi/blob/main/letter_ba.md

#languages #persian #hindi #urdu #hindustani #transliteration #dictionary

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Anjani Dhrangadhariya

My love for language processing comes from my ♥ for languages (Hail lexicons!). Working as a *noun* at a *Proper Noun* in the domain of *Fancy Adjective Noun*.