بعضا
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ب ع ض (b ʕ ḍ) |
| 4 terms |
Etymology
Adverbial accusative of بَعْض (baʕḍ, “some”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baʕ.dˤan/
Adverb
بَعْضًا • (baʕḍan)
- partly
- بَعْضَهُم بَعْضًا ― baʕḍahum baʕḍan ― each other
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: bəzən
- → Persian: بعضا
- → Ottoman Turkish: بعضا
- Turkish: bazen
- → Uyghur: بەزەن (bezen)
- → Uzbek: baʼzan
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Adverbial accusative of Arabic بَعْض (baʕḍ, “some”).
Adverb
بعضاً • (ba'zan)
- sometimes, occasionally, now and then
Descendants
- Turkish: bazen
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “ba'zan”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بَعْضًا (baʕḍan). By surface analysis, بعض (ba'z) + ـا (-an).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /baʔ.ˈzan/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bäʔ.zán]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bæʔ.zǽn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bäʔ.zán]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ba'zan |
| Dari reading? | ba'zan |
| Iranian reading? | ba'zan |
| Tajik reading? | ba'zan |
Adverb
بعضا • (ba'zan) (Tajik spelling баъзан)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “بعضا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim