جەژن
Central Kurdish
Alternative forms
- جێژن (cêjn)
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *Hyajnáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás. Compare Persian جشن (jašn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒaʒn/
Noun
| Northern Kurdish | cejn |
|---|
جەژن (cejn)
- celebration
- festival
- holiday (day on which a festival, etc, is traditionally observed)
Derived terms
- جەژنانە (cejnane)
- جەژنی ڕەمەزان (cejnî remezan)
- جەژنەپیرۆزە (cejnepîroze)
References
- Hejar (1990) “جەژن”, in Henbane borîne[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 189
- Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “cejn”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 21