şalyar

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Persian شهریار (šahriyâr, “monarch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑːlˈjɑːɾ/

Noun

şalyar f

1. minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service)

   Synonym: wezîr

Derived terms

• şalyarî

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “şalyar”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 568