rojbaş
Northern Kurdish
editEtymology
editFrom roj (“day”) + baş (“good”).
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editrojbaş
- good day (Greeting between sunrise and sunset)
- good morning (Used as a greeting when meeting somebody for the first time in the morning.)
- formal greeting between sunrise and sunset
Usage notes
editThis 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.
Categories:
- Northern Kurdish compound terms
- Northern Kurdish 2-syllable words
- Northern Kurdish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Northern Kurdish/ɑːʃ
- Rhymes:Northern Kurdish/ɑːʃ/2 syllables
- Northern Kurdish lemmas
- Northern Kurdish interjections
- Northern Kurdish terms borrowed from Central Kurdish
- Northern Kurdish terms derived from Central Kurdish