birc

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic برج (burj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪɾd͡ʒ/

Noun

Central Kurdish	بِرج (birc)

birc f (Arabic spelling برج)

1. tower
2. castle, fortress, bastion

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “birc”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 68