biav

Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀳 (vivāha), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀯𑀳 (vivaha) or 𑀯𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀳 (vivāha), from Sanskrit विवाह (vivāha).[1][2] Cognate with Hindi ब्याह (byāh).

Noun

biav m (nominative plural biava)

  1. wedding[2][3][4]

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vivāhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 691
  2. Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “abijáv”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 1a
  3. Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o biav, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 82a
  4. Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “biav, ~a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 147a
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