بیم

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian bym (“fear, fright, dread”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bajH-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”). From the same root also باک (bâk, “fear; hesitation”). Cognate with Avestan b(a)ii- (“to fear”), Sanskrit बिभेति (√bhay-, “to fear”) (compare identical formation भीम (bhīmá, “fearful”)), Old Church Slavonic боꙗти (bojati, “to fear”) (Russian бояться (bojáts'a)) and Old English bifian (“to shiver”).

Noun

بیم • (bim)

1. fear

Derived terms

• بیمناک (bimnâk)

Synonyms

• ترس (tars)
• سهم (sahm)

References

• بیم in Hayyim, Sulayman (1934-1936), New Persian-English dictionary (Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Beroukhim)
• بیم in Francis Joseph Steingass (1892), A Comprehensive Persian-English dictionary (London: Routledge & K. Paul)