ھەوا

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hawaː/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	hewa
Southern Kurdish	ھەوا (hewa)
Laki	ھەوا (hewa)

ھەوا (hewa)

1. air (gases making up the atmosphere of a planet)
2. weather

   Synonyms: ئاووھەوا (awuhewa), کەش (keş)

Derived terms

• ئاووھەوا (awuhewa)
• بەھەوا (behewa)
• ھەوابوون (hewabûn)
• ھەوابِڕ (hewabirr)
• ھەواخواز (hewaxwaz)
• ھەواخوڕ (hewaxurr)
• ھەواخۆش (hewaxoş)
• ھەوادار (hewadar)
• ھەوادەرکِردِن (hewaderkirdin)
• ھەواناس (hewanas)
• ھەواوەرگِرتِن (hewawergirtin)
• ھەواپێو (hewapêw)
• ھەواکێشان (hewakêşan)
• ھەواگا (hewaga)
• ھەواگۆڕین (hewagorrîn)
• ھەوایی (hewayî)

 

Related terms

• حەوا (ḧewa)

References

• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “hewa”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 65
• Mukriyanî, Gîw (1999) “ھەوا”, in Ferhengî kurdistan [Kurdistan dictionary], Erbil: Aras, page 925
• Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “ھەوا”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 591
• Kurdojev, K. K., Jusupova, Z. A. (1983) “ھەوا”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 703