qezîya

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic قَضِيَّة (qaḍiyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qɛziːˈjɑː/

Noun

qezîya f (Arabic spelling قهزييا)

  1. unhappy event, misfortune

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “qezîya”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 487