بیم
See also: تیم
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (bym /bīm/, “fear, fright, dread”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰiHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”). From the same root also باک (bâk, “fear; hesitation”). 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”).
Noun
بیم • (bim)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- بیمناک (bimnâk)
References
- 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