niştir

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Persian نیشتر.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪʃˈtɪɾ/

Noun

Central Kurdish نەشتەر (neşter)

niştir m or f (Arabic spelling نشته‌ر)

  1. lance, spear, pike
  2. lancet, scalpel
  3. barpoon

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “niştir”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 418
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