alastin

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• alêstin, alistin, alîstin

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *rijáti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *riȷ́ʰáti, from Proto-Indo-European *liǵʰéti, derived from the root *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”). Cognate with Kashmiri لیَوُن (lyavun) and Persian لیسیدن (lisidan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːlɑːsˈtɪn/

Verb

alastin (third-person singular simple present dalêse, past tense alast, Arabic spelling ئالاستن)

1. (transitive) to lick

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “alastin”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 5