بیوه

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wdpk' = wēwag, “widow”), from Proto-Iranian *HwidáwaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwidʰáwaH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂, a derivative of the root *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”).

Cognates include Baluchi گیوَگ (Gēwag, widow), Northern Kurdish bî, Ossetian и́дӕдз (ídæʒ) (<*widawačī-), Zazaki viyā, Sanskrit विधवा (vidhavā) and Younger Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬜𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (viδauua), English widow, Old Irish fedb, Latin vidua, and Old Church Slavonic въдова (vŭdova).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [beː.ˈwa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.wǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.wǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.wǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beː.wǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.vé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.vǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bēwa
Dari reading?	bēwa
Iranian reading?	bive
Tajik reading?	beva

Noun

Dari	بیوه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бева

بیوه • (bive) (plural بیوه‌ها (bive-hâ) or بیوگان (bivegân))

1. widow
2. (rare) widower

Derived terms

• بیوه زن (bive-zan, “widowed woman”)
• بیوه‌ مرد (bive-mard, “widowed man”)
• بیوه سیاه (bive-ye siyâh, “black widow”)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बेवा (bevā)

  Urdu: بیوه (bevā)