ئاوس

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *āpuθra- (“pregnant”), from *puθráh (“son”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *putrás (“boy; son”), from Proto-Indo-European *putlós. Cognate with Persian آبستن (âbestan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaːu̯s/

Adjective

Northern Kurdish	avis

ئاوس (awis)

1. pregnant (of animals only; taboo for humans)