artêş

See also: artes

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian ارتش (arteš), a false back-formation from ارتشدار (artešdâr, “warrior; soldier”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˈteːʃ/

• Audio (Turkey, Diyarbakir):

  (file)

Noun

artêş f (Arabic spelling ئارتێش)

1. army

   Synonyms: esker, leşker, ordî

Declension

Declension of artêş

definite feminine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	artêş	artêş
construct	artêşa	artêşên
oblique	artêşê	artêşan
demonstrative oblique	wê artêşê	wan artêşan
vocative	artêşê	artêşino
indefinite feminine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	artêşek	artêşin
construct	artêşeke	artêşine
oblique	artêşekê	artêşinan

Derived terms

• artêşa bejahiyê
• artêşî

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “artêş”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 12