daxwaz

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian درخواست (darxâst), Central Kurdish داخوازی (daxwazî).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑːxˈwɑːz/

Noun

daxwaz f (Arabic spelling داخواز)

1. wish, desire, want, necessity
2. demand, request, supplication, entreaty

Declension

Declension of daxwaz

Definite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	daxwaz	daxwaz
Construct	daxwaza	daxwazên
Oblique	daxwazê	daxwazan
Demonstrative oblique	wê daxwazê	wan daxwazan
Vocative	daxwazê	daxwazino
Indefinite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	daxwazek	daxwazin
Construct	daxwazeke	daxwazine
Oblique	daxwazekê	daxwazinan

Derived terms

• daxwazî
• daxwazkar
• daxwazname

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “daxwaz”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 126