Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Arabic ضيف (ḍayf, guest).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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zêw f (Arabic spelling زێو)

  1. festival, picnic held once a year at a shrine

References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “zêw”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 690