çîn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cin"

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Akin to Central Kurdish چین (çîn), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey-. Chyet suggests a loan from Russian чин (čin) instead, but the fact that it doesn't exist among Caucasian Kurds is puzzling in that case.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːn/

Noun

çîn f or m

  1. layer, stratum
  2. social class

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “çîn”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 114
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