xirab

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic خراب (ḵarāb, “ruined, wrecked”).

Adjective

xirab (comparative xirabtir, superlative xirabtirîn, Arabic spelling خراب)

1. bad
2. ruined, destroyed

   Synonym: nebaş

Derived terms

• xirabî

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “xirab”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 661