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Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀳 (vivāha), from Sanskrit विवाह (vivāhá).[1][2] Cognate with Hindustani بياه / ब्याह (byāh) and Marwari ब्याव (byāv).
Noun
biav m (nominative plural biava)
- wedding[2][3][4]
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vivāhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 691
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “abijáv”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 1a
- ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o biav, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 82a
- ^ Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “biav, ~a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ（ジプシー）語 (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 147a