nîr

See also: nir, NIR, nír, -nir, and N. Ir.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Arabic نِير (nīr), Classical Syriac ܢܝܪܐ (nira).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːɾ/
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

nîr

Noun

nîr m

1. yoke (wooden bar)

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “nîr”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 421