زەوی

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *jamiHkah, a compound from *jā́h, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰā́s, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zawiː/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	zevî

زەوی (zewî)

1. earth
2. land
3. ground
4. field

Derived terms

• زەویڕن (zewîrrin)

Proper noun

Northern Kurdish	Zevî

زەوی (zewî)

1. Earth (planet)

References

• Hejar (1990), “زەوی”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 391
• Wahby, T.; Edmonds, C. J. (1966), “zewî”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 166