werz

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *warj-. Compare Classical Syriac ܒܪܙܐ (barzāʾ, “sown field”), Middle Persian 𐫇𐫡𐫝 (wrc /⁠warz⁠/), Persian برز (barz, “sown field”), Persian کشاورز, Sogdian 𐫇𐫡𐫉 (wrz /⁠warz⁠/, “miracle, magic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛɾz/

Noun

werz m (Arabic spelling وەرز)

1. field, patch or bed in which melons and the like are grown

   Synonym: parêz

2. season

   Synonym: demsal

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “werz”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 643