# بس
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Verb: IPA: /bas.sa/
* Noun: IPA: /bass/

#### Verb

بَسَّ • (bassa) I (non-past يَبُسُّ (yabussu), verbal noun بَسّ (bass))
* (transitive) to crush
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:4-5:إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّاʔiḏā rujjati l-ʔarḍu rajjan wabussati al-jibālu bassanWhen the earth is shaken with convulsion / And the mountains are crushed, crumbling

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

بَسّ • (bass) m
* verbal noun of بَسَّ (bassa) (form I)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:4-5:إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّاʔiḏā rujjati l-ʔarḍu rajjan wabussati l-jibālu bassanWhen the earth is shaken with convulsion / And the mountains are crushed, crumbling

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

بُسْ • (bus) (form I) /bus/
* second-person masculine singular imperative of بَاسَ (bāsa)

## Burushaski
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bis]

### Noun

بس (bis)
* fat

### References

* Bechtholdt, Astrid (2025) “bis”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Persian بس (bas), from Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/).

### Conjunction

بس • (bas)
* but
* only, just
* enough, stop

## Gulf Arabic
### Etymology

From Persian بس (bas), from Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/).

### Conjunction

بس • (bas)
* but, though
    رِحْتْ اِلْمَطْعَمْ بَسْ كَانْ مْسَكَّر ― I went to the restaurant but it was closed.
* only, just
    سِعِر اِلْوَجْبَة بَسْ دِينَار ― The meal costs just one dinar.
* enough
    بَسِّكْ كَمْيُوتَر ― Enough computer (time) for you!

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic بَسّ (bass, “cat”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biss/, [bɪs]

#### Noun

بس • (biss) m (plural بسس (bisas), feminine بِسَّة (bissa))
* cat

##### Usage notes

The feminine noun بسة (bissa) is used more regardless of the animal's gender.

### Etymology 2

From Persian بس (bas, “enough, only”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bass/, [bas]

#### Conjunction

بس • (bas)
* only, just
* enough
    Synonym: كفاية (kifāya)
* but, though
    Synonym: لكن (lākin)

## Malay
### Noun

بس (plural بس-بس or بس٢, informal 1st possessive بسکو, 2nd possessive بسمو, 3rd possessive بسڽ)
* Jawi spelling of bas‎

## Pashto
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bus.

### Noun

بس • (bas) m
* bus
    Synonym: سروېس (sarwes)

## Persian
### Etymology 1

From Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *was- (“to want, wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (“to wish”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [bas]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bäs]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bäs]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [bäs]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [bäs]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [bæs]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [bäs]

#### Adverb

بس • (bas)
* enough, sufficiently
* only

#### Determiner

بس • (bas)
* many

##### Usage notes

Usually used in form of بسی (basi).

##### Derived terms

* بسـ (“poly-”)

#### Interjection

بس • (bas)
* enough
    بسه! ― bas e! ― Enough!

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: bəs
* → Bengali: ব্যাস (bês)
* → Gujarati: બસ (bas)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: बस (bas)
    Urdu: بس
* → Ottoman Turkish: بس (bes)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬਸ (bas), ਬੱਸ (bassa)
    Shahmukhi script: بس (bs)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bus.

#### Noun

بس • (bus) (Dari transliteration)
* bus

##### Usage notes

* Used by bus services in Afghanistan but rarely used otherwise. Speakers tend to use سرویس (sarwīs, sarwēs).

### References

* Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 507

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Persian بس (bas), from Middle Persian ws (/⁠was⁠/).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bass/, [bas]
* Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

#### Adverb

بسّ • (bass)
* only, just
    ماما، بسّ خمس دقايق. ― māmā, bass ḵams daʔāyeʔ ― Mom, just five minutes.

#### Conjunction

بسّ • (bass)
* but
    Synonyms: لاكن (lāken), أمّا (ʔamma)
* as soon as, once (with subjunctive verb)
    Synonym: لمّا (lamma)

#### Interjection

بسّ • (bass)
* that's enough!, stop it!
    Synonyms: خلص (ḵalaṣ), حاجة (ḥāje)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bis/, [bɪs]
* Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

#### Noun

بسّ • (biss) m (plural بساس (bsās), feminine بسّة (bisse))
* cat

##### Usage notes

The feminine noun بسّة (bisse) is used more regardless of the animal's gender.

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bəs/
* Rhymes: -əs

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian بس (bas).

#### Adverb

بَس • (bas) (Hindi spelling बस)
* merely, only
    Synonym: صِرْف (sirf)

#### Interjection

بَس • (bas) (Hindi spelling बस)
* enough

#### Adjective

بس • (bas) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बस)
* enough; ample

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bus.

#### Noun

بس • (bas) f (Hindi spelling बस)
* bus

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀲 (vasa), from Sanskrit वश (vaśa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wášas.

#### Noun

بَس • (bas) m (Hindi spelling बस)
* power, control, ability

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

بَس • (bas) (Hindi spelling बस)
* inflection of بسنا (basnā):
** stem
** second-person singular present imperative

### References

* “بس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “بس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

## Ushojo
### Etymology

From Urdu بس (bas).

### Adverb

بس (bas)
* merely, only

### Adjective

بس (bas)
* enough; ample

### Interjection

بس (bas)
* enough

### Noun

بس (bas)
* a signal to tell that you are finished