बस

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बस¹

  • /bəs/ Hindi, Standard
  • [bɐs] Hindi, Standard

Rhymes with -əs

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Classical Persian بس (bas), from Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/). Compare Bengali ব্যাস (bês), Gujarati બસ (bas), Marathi बास (bās), Punjabi ਬਸ (bas).

adverb bas · بس

  1. merely, only मैं बस यह कहना चाहता था कि ...

    Similar: केवल, सिर्फ़

interjection bas · بس

  1. enough बस! तमाशा बंद करो!

adjective bas · بس

  1. indeclinable enough; ample

बस²

  • /bəs/ Hindi, Standard
  • [bɐs] Hindi, Standard

Rhymes with -əs

Where it comes from

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀲 (vasa), from Sanskrit वश (vaśa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wášas. Possibly a doublet of the "merely" sense of Etymology 1.

noun bas · بس · बस · बसों

  1. masculine power, control, ability यह काम तेरे बस का नहीं है।

बस³

  • /bəs/ Hindi, Standard
  • [bɐs] Hindi, Standard

Rhymes with -əs

Where it comes from

Borrowed from English bus.

noun bas · بس · बस · बसें · बसों

  1. feminine bus बस सेवा

बस⁴

  • /bəs/ Hindi, Standard
  • [bɐs] Hindi, Standard

Rhymes with -əs

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb bas · بس

  1. stem बसना
  2. imperative, present, second person, singular second-person singular present imperative बसना

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {बस},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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