Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *tr̥ŝáti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tr̥sćáti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tres-. Cognate to English terrible, Latin terreo, Persian ترسیدن (tarsidan).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tirsîn

  1. to be afraid of

Descendants

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  • Turkish: tırsmak