جەژن

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

• جێژن (cêjn)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hyajnáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás. Compare Persian جشن (jašn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaʒn/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	cejn

جەژن (cejn)

1. celebration
2. festival
3. holiday (day on which a festival, etc, is traditionally observed)

Derived terms

• جەژنانە (cejnane)
• جەژنی ڕەمەزان (cejnî remezan)
• جەژنەپیرۆزە (cejnepîroze)

 

References

• Hejar (1990) “جەژن”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 189
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “cejn”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 21