See also: تیم

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (bym /⁠bīm⁠/, fear, fright, dread), from Proto-Iranian *biHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰiHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (to fear). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠(𐬀)𐬌𐬌- (b(a)ii-, to fear), Sanskrit बिभेति (bibheti, to fear) (compare identical formation भीम (bhīmá, fearful)), Old Church Slavonic боꙗти (bojati, to fear) (Russian бояться (bojatʹsja)) and Old English bifian (to shiver).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? bīm
Dari reading? bīm
Iranian reading? bim
Tajik reading? bim

Noun edit

Dari بیم
Iranian Persian
Tajik бим

بیم (bim)

  1. fear

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “beem”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “bīm”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 3