şiwît

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Arabic شبت (šibiṯṯ), Persian شوید (ševid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈwiːt/

Noun

Central Kurdish	شویت (şuyt)

şiwît f (Arabic spelling شویت)

1. dill

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “şîlav”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 587