Standard Lemma guide
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name
A diminutive of the female given names Elizabeth or Bethany.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁
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noun
The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁
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noun
The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב
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noun
The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ
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noun
the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
History
From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Doublet of beta.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
