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wine
  می، باده، نبید   
mey (#), bâdé (#), nabid (#)

Fr.: vin   

The fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less (Dictionary.com).

M.E., O.E. win, cognate with O.H.G. win, Du. wijn, Ger. Wein, from L. vinum "wine," from PIE *woin-o-, related Gk. word oinos.

Mey, variant mol "wine;" Mid.Pers. mad, may "wine;" Av. maδu- "wine;" cf. Skt. madhu- "wine, sweet drink, sweet;" Gk. methy "wine;" O.C.S. medu; Lith. medus "honey;" O.Irish mid; Welsh medd; Breton mez "mead;" O.E. medu; E. mead "fermented honey drink;" Russ. medved "(honey-eater) bear."
Bâdé, from Mid.Pers. bâdag, from O.Pers. *bātu- "wine" (from bātu-gara- "cup, bowl"); cf. Khotanese Saka bātaa- "wine;" O.Pers. *batiaka- "cup, bowl" (cf. Pers. bâdiyé "bowl") loaned in Gk. batiaké "bowl, cup."
Nabid, "wine, date-wine," ultimately from Proto-Ir. *paH- "to drink;" cf. Av. paitīš- "drink" in vīspô.paitīš- "having all sorts of drinks;" pitu- "juice, food;" Wakhi puv-, pəv-, pit-; Sanglechi pöv-/pövδ- "to drink;" Skt. pā- "to drink;" Gk. pinein "to drink;" L. bibere "to drink," related to potare "to drink."