Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *Hwŕ̥HnaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwŕ̥HnaH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. Compare Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ūrṇā), Armenian գեղմ (geġm), Russian волна (volna), English wool, German Wolle, Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos), Latin lāna.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hirî f (Arabic spelling هري)

  1. wool

References edit

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “hirî”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 261