بیو
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Persian بیو.
Noun
بیو • (bîv)
- worm; maggot
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بیو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 427
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)
- 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)
- Sanai, “The Walled Garden of Truth”
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