jîn
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰíHwati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”). Cognate to Lithuanian gyventi, Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
Central Kurdish | ژیان (jyan) |
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jîn (Arabic spelling ژين)
- (intransitive) to live, be alive
- to dwell, reside
Noun edit
jîn f (Arabic spelling ژين)
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “jîn”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 292