rojbaş

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From roj (“day”) +‎ baş (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roːʒˈbɑːʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːʃ

Interjection

rojbaş

1. good day (Greeting between sunrise and sunset)
2. good morning (Used as a greeting when meeting somebody for the first time in the morning.)
3. formal greeting between sunrise and sunset

Usage notes

This is mostly a borrowing from Central Kurdish ڕۆژ باش (roj baş), which is calqued from Arabic مَسَاء اَلْخَيْر (masāʔ al-ḵayr). Local Kurds mostly say "roj bi xêr" or "roj xweş" in colloquial speech.