hevris

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• hevrîs
• hêvrist
• êrvist
• evrist
• êvist

Etymology

from Proto-Iranian *hampr̥sā. Cognate with Persian ارس (ors)/اورس (avers), Baluchi اپرس (apors, “juniper”). Borrowed into Hebrew בְּרוֹשׁ (bərṓš), Aramaic בְּרֹותָא (bərōṯā), Turkish ardıç.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛvˈɾɪs/

Noun

Central Kurdish	ھەورِس (hewris)

hevris m (Arabic spelling هەڤرس)

1. juniper tree

   Synonym: merx

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “hevris”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 246