Where does “बे” come from?

बे (Hindi) comes from Gujarati બે, from Middle Gujarati बि.

बे (Hindi): be name of the second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet

Definitions

  1. be name of the second letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet

Ancestry of “बे”, step by step

बे traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Gujarati બે

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gujaratiબેtwo
2Middle Gujaratiबि—

via Classical Persian ب

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianب—

Words derived from “बे”

Every word from Middle Gujarati बि →Every word from Gujarati બે →