Central Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

A Turkic borrowing, compare Turkish avrat, Azerbaijani arvad. Ultimately from Arabic عَوْرَة (ʕawra).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Southern Kurdish ئافرەت (afret)
Laki ئافرەت (afret)

ئافرەت (afret)

  1. woman

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Thackston, W. M. (2006) “âfrat”, in Sorani Kurdish: A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings, Lecture Notes, Iranian Studies, Harvard University, page 165
  • Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “afret”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 1
  • îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “ئافرەت”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 14

Northern Kurdish edit

Noun edit

ئافرەت (afretf

  1. Arabic spelling of afret (woman)

References edit

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “afret”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 2