بەڕوو

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Middle Persian blwt' (balūt, “acorn, oak-nut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baruː/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	berrû
Southern Kurdish	بەلۊ (belü)
Laki	بەلۊ (belü)

بەڕوو (berrû)

1. acorn
2. oak tree

Derived terms

• بەڕوودار (berrûdar)
• بەڕوولە (berrûle)
• داربەڕوو (darberrû)
• سەربەڕوو (serberrû)
• شابەڕوو (şaberrû)
• شیرەبەڕوو (şîreberrû)

 

References

• îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “بەڕوو”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 120
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “ber̠û”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 13
• McCarus, E. N. (1958) “bərú”, in A Kurdish Grammar: Descriptive Analysis of the Kurdish of Sulaimaniya, Iraq, New York: American Council of Learned Societies Program in Oriental Languages, Publications Series B-Aids-Number 10, page 127