# भी
## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺 (vi), 𑀧𑀺 (pi), 𑀅𑀯𑀺 (avi), from Sanskrit अपि (api, “close by; also”).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱiː/

### Particle

भी • (bhī) (Urdu spelling بھی)
* even
    यह खाया भी जा सकता है!yah khāyā bhī jā saktā hai!It can even be eaten!

### Adverb

भी • (bhī) (Urdu spelling بھی)
* also, too
    तुम भी जाओगी? ― tum bhī jāogī? ― Will you too go?
    और वो भी दो ― aur vo bhī do ― And, also give me that.

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ápi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভী (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬷ (Balinese script)
* ভী (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* ဘီ (Burmese script)
* ભી (Gujarati script)
* ਭੀ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑍀 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦷ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂲 (Kaithi script)
* ಭೀ (Kannada script)
* ភី (Khmer script)
* ຠີ (Lao script)
* ഭീ (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘲 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐷 (Newa script)
* ଭୀ (Odia script)
* ꢩꢷ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆵 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖱 (Siddham script)
* භී (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚯 (Takri script)
* பீ⁴ (Tamil script)
* భీ (Telugu script)
* ภี (Thai script)
* བྷཱི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”). Cognate with Old English bifian (whence English bive), Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬫𐬈𐬥𐬙𐬈 (bayente, “they are afraid”), Persian بیم (bim, “fear”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱiː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bʱiː/

#### Root

भी • (bhī)
* (parasmaipada) to fear, dread, be afraid of
    मृत्योर्बिभेषि किं बाल न स भीतं विमुञ्चति; रावणाद्बिभ्यतीं भृशम् Bk.8.7; Śi.3.45.mṛtyorbibheṣi kiṃ bāla na sa bhītaṃ vimuñcati; rāvaṇādbibhyatīṃ bhṛśam Bk.8.7; Śi.3.45.Boy, why are you afraid of death ? Death does not release this anger; he was scared of Ravana.
* (ātmanepada) to be anxious or solicitous about

##### Derived terms

* बिभेति (bibhéti, Present)
* बिभ्यति (bibhyati, Present)
* भयते (bháyate, Present)
* भेष्यति (bheṣyati, Future)
* भेता (bhetā, Periphrastic Future)
* अभैषीत् (ábhaiṣīt, Aorist)
* अभेत् (ábhet, Aorist)
* बिभाय (bibhā́ya, Perfect)
* बिभयांचकार (bibhayā́ṃcakāra, Periphrastic Perfect)
* भीयते (bhīyate, Passive)
* अभायि (abhāyi, Passive Aorist)
* भीषयति (bhīṣáyati, Causative)
* भाययति (bhāyayati, Causative)
* अबीभयत् (abībhayat, Causative Aorist)
* बिभीषति (bibhīṣati, Desiderative)
* भीत (bhītá, Past Participle)
* भेतुम् (bhetum, Infinitive)
* भियसे (bhiyáse, Infinitive)
* भय्य (bhayya, Gerundive)
* भेय (bheya, Gerundive)
* भेतव्य (bhetavya, Gerundive)
* भय (bhayá)
* भियसान (bhiyásāna)
* भी (bhī́)
* भीति (bhīti)
* भीम (bhīmá)
* भीरु (bhīrú)
* भीषण (bhī́ṣaṇa)
* भीषा (bhīṣā)
* भीष्म (bhīṣmá)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰíHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰíHs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéyh₂-s ~ *bʰih₂-és, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱíː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bʱiː/

#### Noun

भी • (bhī́) stem, f
* fear, fright, alarm, dread

##### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “भी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 758, column 1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 111-112