girtin

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Cognate with Central Kurdish گرتن (girtin), Southern Kurdish گرتن (girtin /⁠girdin⁠/), Zazaki grewten, Gurani گرتەی (girtey), Talysh qəte, Persian گرفتن, English grab; from *greften, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɪɾˈtɪn/

Verb

girtin (third-person singular simple present digire, past tense girt)

  1. to take, get
  2. to hold, detain
  3. (Northern Kurdistan) to close

Conjugation

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • dagirtin, hilgirtin, ragirtin, vegirtin, wergirtin