nîv

See also: niv and NIV

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *náymah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náymas (“half”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀 (naēma), Sanskrit नेम (néma), Persian نیم (nim).

Noun

Central Kurdish	نیو (nîw)
Zazaki	nême
Gurani	nîm

nîv m (Arabic spelling نیڤ)

1. half

Derived terms

• nîva
• nîvco
• nîvderzin
• nîve
• nîvek
• nîvro
• nîvroj
• nîvsaet
• nîvçe
• nîvî
• nîvûnor
• nîvşev

 

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “nîv”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 421