پێوان

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *pati- and Proto-Iranian *maH- (“to measure”), the latter from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maH-, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫛𐫅𐫖𐫀𐫅𐫗 (padmādan, “to measure”), Persian پیمودن (peymudan, “to measure”), Sogdian [script needed] (ptmʾtʾy /⁠patmātē⁠/, “measured, frugal”). Akin to Old Armenian պատմեմ (patmem, “to tell, narrate”), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe̞ːwaːn/

Verb

Northern Kurdish	pîvan

پێوان (pêwan) (present stem پێو- (pêw-))

1. to measure