bîr

See also: bir

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːɾ/
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

Etymology 1

Ultimately borrowed Proto-Semitic *biʔr-.

Noun

bîr f

1. well

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian *wiHr̥Háh (“memory, mind”).

Alternative forms

• bîhr

Noun

bîr f

1. memory

Derived terms

• birin (“to occur to”)
• bîrewer (“an intellectual”)
• bîran (“memory”)