nîv
Northern Kurdish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Iranian *náymah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náymas (“half”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀 (naēma), Sanskrit नेम (néma), Persian نیم (nim).
Noun
editCentral Kurdish | نیو (nîw) |
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Zazaki | nême |
Gurani | nîm |
nîv m (Arabic spelling نیڤ)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “nîv”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 421