nefer

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See also: nəfər

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic نفر (nafar).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nefer m or f (Arabic spelling نەفەر)

  1. person, individual

References[edit]

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

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نفر (nefer).

Noun[edit]

nefer m (plural neferi)

  1. (dated) Ottoman soldier
  2. (dated) member of a posse
    Synonym: poteraș

Declension[edit]