Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

Compare Persian چوب (çûb).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

şiv f

  1. cudgel, stick, club
    Synonyms: ço, çogan, gopal, kevezan, metreq, şivdar
  2. branch, bough
  3. stripe (cloth pattern)
  4. pipe

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “şiv”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 585