باژێڕ

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

  • باژاڕ (bajarr)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *wahá-čāra- (“market”) the first and latter elements thereof ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to sell”) and *kʷel- (“to turn, revolve”) respectively.

Cognate with Persian بازار (bâzâr), Gilaki واجار (vājār, “open market, bazaar”), Mazanderani واجار (vājār, “known, reveal”) and Semnani واژار (vāžār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːʒe̞ːr/

Noun

باژێڕ (bajêrr)

  1. market, bazaar
    Synonym: بازاڕ (bazarr)
  2. city
    Synonym: شار (şar)
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