biav
Romani
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- abav
- abǎv, bǎv (International Standard)
- abijav, abjav, abiav, bijav, bjav, biau, abiau, beau, abeau (Pan-Vlax)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀳 (vivāha), from Sanskrit विवाह (vivāhá).[1][2] Cognate with Hindustani بياه / ब्याह (byāh), Marwari ब्याव (byāv).
Noun
[edit]biav m (nominative plural biava)
References
[edit]- ^ 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 [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (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 [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (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 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 147a