بس

Gulf Arabic

conjunction
Definitions
  • but, though
  • only, just
  • enough
  • cat

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بس (enough, enoughonly, many) derived from Middle Persian ws + Arabic بَسّ (cat).

Origin

Arabic

بَسّ

Gloss

cat

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

猫

Emoji
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