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بیمه

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Etymology

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Probably first used in the aristocratic Persian of the Mughal empire, from at least the 1650s.[1] The word spread from South Asia to the rest of the Persianate world. The first attestation by an author of Iranian origin is apparently from Tohfat al-'âlam (1801), itself a memoir of the author's journeys in India.[2] The word may be from Persian بیم (bim, fear). Alternately, given the Indian origin, it may be from an Indo-Aryan language; compare Sanskrit भीम (bhīma, fearful, frightening). Both terms are ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (to fear).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bīma
Dari reading? bīma
Iranian reading? bime
Tajik reading? bima

Noun

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بیمه (bime)

  1. insurance

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Najaf Haider (2019) “The Moneychangers (Şarrāfs) in Mughal India”, in Studies in People's History[1], volume 6, number 2, pages 146—161
  2. ^ Willem Floor (1989) “Bīma”, in Encyclopædia Iranica[2]