bingeh

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From bin (“base, bottom; under”) + -geh (“suffix for places”), compare Parthian [Term?] (/⁠bungāh⁠/, “basis, foundation”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪnˈɡɛh/

Noun

Central Kurdish بنگه (bingih)

bingeh f (Arabic spelling بنگەھ)

  1. basis, foundation, base
  2. bottom
  3. root, stem

Derived terms

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “bingeh”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 67
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