بیو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian بیو.

Noun

بیو • (bîv)

  1. worm; maggot

References

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 Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠wayōg⁠⁠/), ultimately 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 ويو (vayu, vayü), ویی (vēi), Northern Luri بیگ (beyg, boyg), Vafsi ویوه (véyva) (Gurchani dialect), Takestani ویه (veye).

Noun

بیو • (bayu) (plural بیوها, or بیوکان)

  1. (obsolete) 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 quotation)

Derived terms

  • بیوگان (bayugân, “wedding”)
  • بیوگانی (bayugâni, “wedding, wedding gifts”)

See also

References

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