زێڕ

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

• زەڕ (zerr)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam (compare Persian زر (zar) and Baluchi زر (zar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam (compare Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyom, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”). Compare Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), Latvian zelts, English gold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ze̞ːr/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	zêr

زێڕ (zêrr)

1. gold

   Synonym: ئاڵتوون (alltûn)

Derived terms

• زێڕین (zêrrîn)

References

• îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “زێڕ”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 572
• Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “زێڕ”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 326
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “zêṟ”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 166