Persian edit

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? bāḏiya
Dari reading? bādiya
Iranian reading? bâdiye
Tajik reading? bodiya

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian *bādiyag (compare [script needed] (bādag, wine)), from Old Persian *bātiyaka- (compare Ancient Greek βᾰτῐάκη (batiákē)).

See batiola and باطية and бадья (badʹja) for more.

Noun edit

بادیه (bâdiye)

  1. (now rare) large bowl
Descendants edit
  • Azerbaijani: badya
  • Gujarati: બાદિયા (bādiyā)
  • Ottoman Turkish: بادیه (badiye)

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic بَادِيَة (bādiya, desert).

Noun edit

بادیه (bâdiye)

  1. (archaic) desert
    بادیه‌نشین (bâdiye-nešin, Bedouin)