بیم

بیم

See also: تیم‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (bym /bīm/, “fear, fright, dread”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰiHmás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰayH-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬠(𐬀)𐬌𐬌-‎ (b(a)ii-, “to fear”), Sanskrit बिभेति (bibheti, “to fear”) (compare identical formation भीम (bhīmá, “fearful”)), Old Church Slavonic боꙗти (bojati, “to fear”) (Russian бояться (bojatʹsja)) and Old English bifian (“to shiver”).

Noun

بیم • (bim)

1. fear

Synonyms

• ترس‎ (tars)
• سهم‎ (sahm)

Derived terms

• بیمناک‎ (bimnâk)
• بیمه (bime)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “beem”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “bīm”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul