بۆن

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Central Kurdish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • بۆ (bo)Ardalani

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *bawd-na- with *-d- > -∅- in intervocalic position.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Northern Kurdish bîhn
Southern Kurdish بوو ()

بۆن (bon)

  1. smell, odor, fragrance

References[edit]

  • Asatrian, Garnik (1999) “Kurdish Etymologies I”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 3, number 1, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 209-212
  • îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “بۆن”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 97
  • Thackston, W. M. (2006) “bon”, in Sorani Kurdish: A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings, Lecture Notes, Iranian Studies, Harvard University, page 173
  • Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “bon”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 19
  • Blau, K. K. (2000) “بۆن”, in Méthode de kurde: sorani [Kurdish method: Sorani], Editions L'Harmattan, page 202