زێڕ
Central Kurdish
editAlternative forms
edit- زەڕ (zerr)
Etymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editNorthern Kurdish | zêr |
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زێڕ (zêrr)
Derived terms
edit- زێڕین (zêrrîn)
References
edit- 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
Categories:
- Central Kurdish terms inherited from Proto-Iranian
- Central Kurdish terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Central Kurdish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Central Kurdish terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Central Kurdish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Central Kurdish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Central Kurdish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Kurdish lemmas
- Central Kurdish nouns
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