Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (to protect; to shepherd). Compare Persian ـبان (-bân).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-van m or f (Arabic spelling ـڤان)

  1. used to form nouns denoting someone who is an expert in an area or who takes part in an activity: -man, -er, -ist
    ajot(in) (to drive) + ‎-van → ‎ajotvan (driver, chauffeur)

Declension

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Declension of -van
definite feminine and masculine gender
case singular plural
feminine masculine
nominative -van -van -van
construct -vana -vanê -vanên
oblique -vanê -vanî -vanan
demonstrative oblique -vanê -vanî wan -vanan
vocative -vanê -vano -vanino
indefinite feminine and masculine gender
case singular plural
feminine masculine
nominative -vanek -vanek -vanin
construct -vaneke -vanekî -vanine
oblique -vanekê -vanekî -vaninan

Derived terms

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