بید
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Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian (wyt /wēd/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waytaháh, from Proto-Iranian *waytasás, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bēḏ |
| Dari reading? | bēd |
| Iranian reading? | bid |
| Tajik reading? | bed |
Noun
بید • (bid)
- willow (tree)
- درختِ بید ― deraxt-e bid ― willow tree
Derived terms
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
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Iranian reading? | bid |
Noun
بید • (bid)
- moth; especially, the clothes moth or other types of moths that cause damage to crops or fabric, or the larva thereof
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Urdu بید (bed) / Hindi बेद (bed), from Sanskrit वेद (veda).
Pronunciation
- (Indo-Persian) IPA(key): /beːd/
Proper noun
بید • (bēd) (Classical transliteration)
- (Indo-Persian, 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.
- čahâr bêd ki ba za'm-i êšân nâma-yi samâwî ast ba luğat-i sanskrît ast ki dar hêč šahrî bad-ân zabân takallum na-kunand siwây kutub-i în tâyifa yâfta 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
Urdu
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वैद्य (vaidya).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bɛːd̪/
- Rhymes: -ɛːd̪
- Hyphenation: بَید
Noun
بَید • (baid) m (Hindi spelling बैद)
Declension
| Declension of بید | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | بَید (baid) | بَید (baid) | ||||||
| oblique | بَید (baid) | بَیدوں (baidõ) | ||||||
| vocative | بَید (baid) | بَیدو (baido) | ||||||
Further reading
- “بید”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بید”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بيد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بيد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “بید”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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