gotin

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *gáwbati, from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (to call, cry) with a -b⁽ʰ⁾- enlargement, perhaps connected to the synonymous *ǵʰewH-. Most probably a loan from Persian گفتن (goftan, speak), replacing native *bê(h)tin (somewhat preserved in most Kurdish languages and in the present stem -bêj- and galebêt, a variant of galegot (chat; rumour)). Persian verbs that end with -uft- often end with -eft- (or -aft- if transitive) in Kurdish, compare Persian شنفتن (šenoftan) and Central Kurdish ژنەفتن (jneftin). In this case a *geftin or *gaftin would have been expected, which is found in vegeftin (to admit), geft kirin (to acknowledge) and probably gef (threat) and gep (cheek; chat) (as in gep kirin (to chat, talk), akin to Persian گپ زدن which is likely Northwestern Iranic in origin).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡoːˈtɪn/
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Verb

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Central Kurdish گوتن (gutin), وتن (wtin)
Southern Kurdish وتن (wtin)

gotin

  1. (verb) to say

gotin (third-person singular simple present dibêje, past tense got, Arabic spelling گۆتن)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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