گەمێ

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

• گەمیە (gemye)

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing, compare Turkish gemi, Azerbaijani gəmi. Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kēmi, *gẹ̄mi (“boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡame̞ː/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	gemî

گەمێ (gemê)

1. ship

   Synonyms: پاپۆڕ (paporr), کەشتی (keştî)

Derived terms

• گەمێوان (gemêwan)

References

• Kurdojev, K. K., Jusupova, Z. A. (1983) “گەمێ”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 572