bakur

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Related to Zazaki vakur, ultimately uncertain. From ba +‎ kur; the latter perhaps meaning hard, strong and connected to xurt (“strong, hard”) and English hard, signifying the direction from which the cold and hard wind blows. Perhaps an ancient mythological concept to seperate "good wind" (southern wind) from "bad wind" (northern wind). Compare başûr and also Gurani واسارد (wasard, “north; literally "cold wind"”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːˈkʊɾ/

Noun

bakur m

1. north
2. the north wind
3. Northern Kurdistan

See also

• (compass points) ^{(Category: kmr:Compass points)}

	bakur
rojava		rojhilat
	başûr