gewrî

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”). Cognate with Latin gula (“throat”) (whence English gullet), Persian گلو (galu, “throat”), Russian глотка (glotka), Old Armenian կուլ- (kul-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛwˈɾiː/

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Noun

Central Kurdish	گەروو (gerû)

gewrî f (Arabic spelling گەوري)

1. pharynx, larynx, throat

Declension

Declension of gewrî

Definite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gewrî	gewrî
Construct	gewriya	gewriyên
Oblique	gewriyê	gewriyan
Demonstrative oblique	wê gewriyê	wan gewriyan
Vocative	gewriyê	gewriyino
Indefinite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gewriyek	gewriyin
Construct	gewriyeke	gewriyine
Oblique	gewriyekê	gewriyinan

Alternative forms

• gewrû

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “gewrî”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 208