ھەزار

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hajáhram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saȷ́ʰásram, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-ǵʰéslom.

Indo-Iranian cognates include Northern Kurdish hezar, Baluchi ہزار (hazár), Persian هزار (hazâr), Pashto زر (zër), Ossetian ӕрзӕ (ærzæ), and Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra). Non-Indo-Iranian cognates include Latin mille and Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi). Akin to Old Armenian հազար (hazar), a Middle Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hazaːɾ/

Numeral

Northern Kurdish hezar

ھەزار (hezar)

  1. thousand; 1000

Derived terms

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