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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (bym /bīm/, “fear, fright, dread”), from Proto-Iranian *biHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰiHmás, 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”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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bīm
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| Dari reading?
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bīm
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| Iranian reading?
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bim
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| Tajik reading?
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bim
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Noun
| Dari
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بِیم
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| Iranian Persian
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بیم
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| Tajik
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бим
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بیم • (bim)
- fear
- Synonyms: ترس (tars), سهم (sahm)
Derived terms
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
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 3