بیو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian بیو.

Noun

بیو • (bîv)

1. worm; maggot

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بیو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 427

Persian

Alternative forms

• بیوگ (bayug, biyug), بیوک (bayuk, biyuk), بیک (bik, biyak, bayak)
• ویو (vayu, viyu), ویوگ (vayug, viyug), ویوک (vayuk, viyuk)
• پیو (payu, piyu), پیوگ (payug, piyug), پیوک (payuk, piyuk)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠wayūg⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-.

Cognate with Zazaki veyve, Northern Kurdish bûk, Laki به‌وی (bewî), Southern Kurdish وەۊ (weẅ), Bakhtiari بیو (bayū) or بَهیگ (bahīg), Talysh ويو (vayu, vayü), ویی (vēi), Southern Luri بیگ (beyg, boyg)

Noun

بیو • (bayu) (plural بیوها (bayu-hâ) or بیوکان)

1. bride
   • Sanai, “The Walled Garden of Truth”

     برهی گر کنی مردی خو، از خوشی و خشو و ننگ بیو.

     berahi gar koni mard-i xu, az xoši o xašu o nang-e bayu.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• بیوگان (bayugân, “wedding”)
• بیوگانی (bayugâni, “wedding, wedding gifts”)

See also

• دغد (doğd)
• عروس ('arus)
• داماد (dâmâd)
• کابین (kâbin)
• جشن (jašn)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “بیو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2013) “MARRIAGE ii. NEXT OF KIN MARRIAGE IN ZOROASTRIANISM”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بیو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul