fireh

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *pr̥θúš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥tʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬎 (pər^əθu), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Old Armenian յաղթ (yałtʻ), English flat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈɾɛh/

Adjective

Central Kurdish	فرەوان (frewan)

fireh

1. wide, broad, spacious, capacious

Derived terms

• firehî

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “fireh”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 196