pêş

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pes"

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پیش (piš, “before”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰeːʃ/

Preposition

pêş (Arabic spelling پێش)

  1. before; in front of
    Synonym: ber
    Antonym: dû

Derived terms

Adverb

pêş (Arabic spelling پێش)

  1. before (at the front end)
    Antonym: paş

Noun

pêş f (Arabic spelling پێش)

  1. skirt; flap, lap (of a garment)
    Synonyms: damen, daw
  2. slope (of a mountain)
    Synonyms: berwar, hevraz, jihelî, pal, pesar, quntar, sîng, terazin

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “pêş”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 121
  • Cabolov, R. L. (2010) “pēš”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 72
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