sêv

See also: sev, SEV, and şev

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• сев (sêv) (Cyrillic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian; cognate with Central Kurdish سێو (sêw), Gurani [script needed] (saw), Zazaki sa, say, sawî, Middle Persian syp̄ (sēp), Persian سیب (sīb), Baluchi سوپ (sop), and Sanskrit सेवि (sevi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːv/

Noun

sêv f

1. apple (fruit)

Derived terms

• sêvî
• sêvetirşk
• kulîlka sêva
• sêvfroş
• sêvik

References

• Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “sêv”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 678b
• Siabandov, S., Čʻačʻan, A. (1957) “խնձոր”, in Hay-kʻrderen baṙaran [Armenian–Kurdish Dictionary], Yerevan: State Press of Armenia (HayPetHrat), page 154b