şayîr

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑːˈjiːɾ/

Noun

şayîr m

1. poet

   Synonym: helbestvan

2. singer

   Synonym: stiranbêj

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “şayîr”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 570