çav

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cav"

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Also dialectal çehv, from an earlier *čahm, from Proto-Iranian *čášma (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (“eye”). Cognate to Persian چشم (češm), Baluchi چم (čam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃˤɑːv/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: çav
  • Rhymes: -ɑːv

Noun

çav m (Arabic spelling چاڤ)

  1. eye

Derived terms

  • bêçav
  • çavbel
  • çavbelek
  • çavbirçî
  • çavgirtin
  • çavkanî
  • çavkirî
  • çavnas
  • çavnebar
  • çavsor
  • çavteng
  • çavtêr
  • çavzer
  • çavzîq
  • çavî
  • çavşil
  • çavşîn
  • çavşînk

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “çav”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 100
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