زاوا

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *jā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaːwaː/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	zava

زاوا (zawa)

1. bridegroom
2. son-in-law

References

• Hejar (1990) “زاوا”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 374
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “zawa”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 164