بیوه

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (wdpk' = wēwag, “widow”), from Proto-Iranian *HwidáwaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwidʰáwaH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂, a derivative of the root *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”).

Cognates include Baluchi گیوَگ (Gēwag, widow), Northern Kurdish bî, Ossetian и́дӕдз (ídæʒ) (<*widawačī-), Zazaki viyā, Sanskrit विधवा (vidhavā) and Younger Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬜𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (viδauua), English widow, Old Irish fedb, Latin vidua, and Old Church Slavonic въдова (vŭdova).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	bēwa
Dari reading^?	bēwa
Iranian reading^?	bive
Tajik reading^?	beva

Noun


Iranian Persian	بیوه
Dari	بیوه
Tajik	бева

بیوه • (bive) (plural بیوه‌ها (bive-hâ) or بیوگان (bivegân))

widow
(rare) widower

Derived terms

بیوه زن (bive-zan, “widowed woman”)
بیوه‌ مرد (bive-mard, “widowed man”)
بیوه سیاه (bive-ye siyâh, “black widow”)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: बेवा (bevā)

Urdu: بیوه (bevā)

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