Northern Kurdish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Arabic جزر (jazar), Hebrew גזר (gezer), Persian گزر (gazar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Central Kurdish گێزەر (gêzer)

gizêr ? (Arabic spelling گزێر)

  1. carrot

References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “gizêr”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 217