بیو

بیو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian بیو‎.

Noun

بیو • (bîv)

1. worm; maggot

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بیو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 427

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Persian

Alternative forms

• بیوگ‎ (bayug, biyug), بیوک‎ (bayuk, biyuk), بیک‎ (bik, biyak, bayak)
• ویو‎ (vayu, viyu), ویوگ‎ (vayug, viyug), ویوک‎ (vayuk, viyuk)
• پیو‎ (payu, piyu), پیوگ‎ (payug, piyug), پیوک‎ (payuk, piyuk)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-.

Cognate with Zazaki veyve, Northern Kurdish bûk, Laki به‌وی‎ (bewî), Southern Kurdish وەۊ‎ (weẅ), Bakhtiari بیو‎ (bayū) or بَهیگ (bahīg), Talysh ویو‎ (vayu, vayü), ویی‎ (vēi), Southern Luri بیگ (beyg, boyg)

Noun

بیو • (bayu) (plural بیوها‎ (bayu-hâ) or بیوکان‎)

1. bride
   • Sanai, “The Walled Garden of Truth”

     ‏برهی گر کنی مردی خو، از خوشی و خشو و ننگ بیو.‎‎

     berahi gar koni mard-i xu, az xoši o xašu o nang-e bayu.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms

• بیوگان‎ (bayugān, “wedding”)
• بیوگانی‎ (bayugāni, “wedding, wedding gifts”)

See also

• دغد‎ (doğd)
• عروس‎ (arus)
• داماد‎ (dāmād)
• کابین‎ (kabin)
• جشن‎ (jašn)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “بیو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “بیو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul