بید

See also: بيد

Persian

FWOTD – 24 August 2022

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wyt /⁠wēd⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waytaháh, from Proto-Iranian *waytasás, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [beːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bed̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	bēḏ
Dari reading?	bēd
Iranian reading?	bid
Tajik reading?	bed

Noun

بید • (bid)

1. willow (tree)

   درختِ بید ― deraxt-e bid ― willow tree

Derived terms

• بید مجنون (bid-e majnun, “weeping willow”)
• بیدمشک (bidmešk, “pussy willow”)
• زرربید (zardbid, “brook willow”)

 

Descendants

• → Northern Kurdish: bîd

Etymology 2

Unknown, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”), in reference to the harmful activities of these insects. Compare the variants بیو (biv), بیب (bib).

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biːd̪̥]

Readings
Iranian reading?	bid

Noun

بید • (bid)

1. moth; especially, the clothes moth or other types of moths that cause damage to crops or fabric, or the larva thereof

   Synonyms: شب‌پره (šab-pare), شاپرک (šâparak)

Derived terms

• بید لباس (bid-e lebâs, “clothes moth”)
• بید کاغذ (bid-e kâğaz, “silverfish”)

 

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Urdu بید (bed) / Hindi बेद (bed), from Sanskrit वेद (veda).

Pronunciation

• (India) IPA^(key): /beːd/

Proper noun

بید • (bēd) (Classical transliteration)

1. (India, obsolete) Veda (Hindu scripture)

   Synonym: (modern Iranian) ودا (vedâ)

   • c. 1655, دبستان مذاهب [Dabistān-i Mazāhib]:

     چهار بید که به زعم ایشان نامهٔ سماوی است به لغت سنسکریت است که در هیچ شهری بدان زبان تکلم نکنند سوای کتب این طایفه یافته نشود.

     čahâr bêd ki ba za'm-i êšân nâma-yi samâwî ast ba luğat-i sanskrît ast ki dar hêč šahrî bad-ân zabân takallum na-kunand siwây kutub-i în tâyifa yâfta na-šawad.

     The four Vedas, which they claim to be celestial texts, are in the Sanskrit language, which is a language not spoken in any city and is not to be found except in the books of this sect.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Alternative forms

• وید (vid)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بید”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul