penîr

See also: penir

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Middle Persian pnyl. Compare Persian پنیر, Turkish peynir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈniːɾ/

Noun

Central Kurdish	پەنیر (penîr)
Southern Kurdish	پەنێر (penêr)
Zazaki	penîr

penîr m (Arabic spelling پەنیر)

1. cheese

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “penîr”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 438