خیو

Persian

Alternative forms

خَدو (xadu)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (h(’)dwk' /⁠xayug⁠/, “spit, saliva”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xa.ˈjuː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.júː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.júː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.jú]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.júː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.jú]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xayū
Dari reading^?	xayū
Iranian reading^?	xayu
Tajik reading^?	xayu

Noun

خیو • (xayu)

(archaic) spit, saliva
Synonyms: تُف (tof), آب دهان (âb-e-dahân), بُزاق (bozâq)
- c. 1260, Saʿdī, خبثات سعدی [Saʿdī's obscene poetry]:
  هر کجا سرو قامتی بینی
  چشم در روی کن و خیو در مشت
  har kujā sarw-i qāmatē bēnī
  čašm dar rōy kun u xayū dar mušt
  Wherever you see a tall cypress[-like beauty],
  Look at his face and spit in your fist!
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

خَیودان (xayudân)

Related terms

خیم (xim), خِلم (xelm), خِلط (xelt)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “خیو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press