بید
See also: بيد
Persian
FWOTD – 24 August 2022
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian [script needed] (wyt /wēd/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waytaháh, from Proto-Iranian *waytasás, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /beːð/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /beːd/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /biːd/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /bed/
Noun
بید • (bid)
- willow (tree)
- درختِ بید ― deraxt-e bid ― willow tree
Derived terms
- بید مجنون (bid-e majnun, “weeping willow”)
- بیدمشک (bidmešk, “pussy willow”)
- زرربید (zardbid, “brook willow”)
Descendants
- → Northern Kurdish: bîd
Etymology 2
Unknown, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”), in reference to the harmful activities of these insects. Compare the variants بیو (biv), بیب (bib).
Pronunciation
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /biːd/
Noun
بید • (bid)
- moth; especially, the clothes moth or other types of moths that cause damage to crops or fabric, or the larva thereof
- Synonyms: شبپره (šab-pare), شاپرک (šâparak)
Derived terms
- بید لباس (bid-e lebâs, “clothes moth”)
- بید کاغذ (bid-e kâğaz, “silverfish”)
Etymology 3
From Urdu بید (bed) / Hindi बेद (bed), from Sanskrit वेद (veda).
Pronunciation
- (India) IPA(key): /beːd/
Proper noun
بید • (bid)
- (India, obsolete) Veda (Hindu scripture)
- Synonym: (modern Iranian) ودا (vedâ)
- c. 1655, دبستان مذاهب [Dabistān-i Mazāhib]:
- چهار بید که به زعم ایشان نامهٔ سماوی است به لغت سنسکریت است که در هیچ شهری بدان زبان تکلم نکنند سوای کتب این طایفه یافته نشود.
- čahār bēd ki ba za'm-i ēšān nāma-yi samāwī ast ba luğat-i sanskrīt ast ki dar hēč šahrī bad-ān zabān takallum na-kunand siwāy kutub-i īn tāyifa yāfta na-šawad.
- The four Vedas, which they claim to be celestial texts, are in the Sanskrit language, which is a language not spoken in any city and is not to be found except in the books of this sect.
Alternative forms
- وید (vid)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “بید”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul