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بیو

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Persian بیو.

Noun

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بیو (bîv)

  1. worm; maggot

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠wayūg⁠/), 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), Southern Luri بیگ (beyg, boyg)

Noun

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بیو (bayu) (plural بیوها (bayu-hâ) or بیوکان)

  1. 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)

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