Initiator
Etymology
The triliteral root bā dāl hamza (ب د أ) according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran 15 times.
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *buddʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰudᶻdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰtós (awake, aware). Synchronically analyzable as the past participle of बोधति (bódhati, wake). From Proto-Indo-Aryan *báwdʰati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáwdʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwdʰeti (to wake, rise up).
Compare with «Buddha» - "an enlightened or awakened sentient being".
Compare with English «bode» - "an omen; a foreshadowing".
Compare with «Bid'ah» - "negat. innovation".
Initiator
The triliteral root bā dāl ʿayn (ب د ع) according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran 4 times.
(2:117) Initiator (Arab. بَدِيعُ, badīʿu) of the Universes and the Earth, when He decrees a command, He merely says to it, "Be," and it is.
(6:101) Initiator (Arab. بَدِيعُ, badīʿu) of the Universes and the Earth, how can be for Him a son, when He did not take a wife? And He created all things and He is knowledgeable over all things.
