şalyar

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Cognate to Persian شهریار (šahriyâr, “monarch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɑːlˈjɑːɾ/

Noun

şalyar f

  1. minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service)
    Synonym: wezîr

Derived terms

  • şalyarî

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “şalyar”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 568
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