Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

From Persian نیشتر.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Central Kurdish نەشتەر (neşter)

niştir m or f (Arabic spelling نشته‌ر)

  1. lance, spear, pike
  2. lancet, scalpel
  3. barpoon

References edit

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “niştir”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 418