pîj
Northern Kurdish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCognate with Central Kurdish پِرژۆڵ (pirjoll), Persian پرز (porz).
Noun
editpîj m[1]
- splinter, sliver
- Synonym: qirş
- knitting needle
- Synonym: caẍ
- hangnail
- awl, chisel
- fork used in weaving
Adjective
editpîj[1]
- (of knives) sharp
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “pîj”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 463b
Further reading
edit- Cabolov, R. L. (2010) “piž”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 118
- Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 78a