bihík

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit बिभेति (bibheti, “to be afraid, to fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to fear”). Cognate with Marathi भिणे (bhiṇe), Lithuanian bijóti.

Verb

bihík (Arabic بيِهيِک)

1. To fear, to be afraid

References

• L. Trail, Ronald, R. Cooper, Gregory (1999) “bihík”, in Kalasha Dictionary – with English and Urdu‎^[1], volume : Volume 7 of Studies in languages of Northern Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan: National Institute of Pakistan Studies & Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN, archived from the original on 16 July 2019, page 43