Bakhtiari edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (būdan, baw-), from Old Persian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewh₂-, *bʰeh₂u- (to be, become), *bʰew- (to grow).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

بیدن (bidan)

  1. To be
    مو اوچه بیدم
    mow utʃe bidom.
    I was there.

Persian edit

Verb edit

بیدن (bidan) (present stem بو (bu) or باش (bâš))

  1. (dialectal, Bushehr, Abadeh, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) to be (See the Usage Notes)
  2. (dialectal, Bushehr, Abadeh, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) to exist