nefel

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic نَفَل (nafal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛˈfɛl/

Noun

nefel f (Arabic spelling نەفەل)

1. clover, trefoil
2. marjoram, jasmine

Declension

Declension of nefel

Definite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nefel	nefel
Construct	nefela	nefelên
Oblique	nefelê	nefelan
Demonstrative oblique	wê nefelê	wan nefelan
Vocative	nefelê	nefelino
Indefinite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nefelek	nefelin
Construct	nefeleke	nefeline
Oblique	nefelekê	nefelinan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “nefel”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 406