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)

1. fear

Synonyms

• ترس (tars)
• سهم (sahm)

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