Northern Kurdish edit

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Etymology edit

From earlier *bilindgaz(î), from bilind (high) +‎ gazî (shout, yell).

Adjective edit

belengaz[2]

  1. poor, wretched, miserable, unhappy

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References edit

  1. ^ Orbeli, I. A. (2002) “belengoz”, in Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.2)‎[1] (in Russian), edited by Ž. S. Musaeljan and I. I. Cukerman from the author's manuscript written during his 1911–1912 Moks expedition, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 36b
  2. ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “belengaz”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[2], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 33a

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