مێرد

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *mr̥táh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead, mortal”), from *mer- (“to die”); whence also مردن (mirdin, “to die”).

Cognates include Persian مرد (mard), Northern Luri مێرںە (mırə, “husband”), Sanskrit मर्त (marta, “mortal, man”), Old Armenian մարդ (mard, “man”), Ancient Greek βροτός (brotós, “mortal”), and Latin mortuus (“dead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me̞ːɾd/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	mêr

مێرد (mêrd)

1. husband

   Synonym: شوو (şû)