rojbaş

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From roj (“day”) +‎ baş (“good”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roːʒˈbɑːʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːʃ

Interjection

rojbaş

  1. good day (Greeting between sunrise and sunset)
  2. good morning (Used as a greeting when meeting somebody for the first time in the morning.)
  3. formal greeting between sunrise and sunset

Usage notes

This is mostly a borrowing from Central Kurdish ڕۆژ باش (roj baş), which is calqued from Arabic مَسَاء اَلْخَيْر (masāʔ al-ḵayr). Local Kurds mostly say "roj bi xêr" or "roj xweş" in colloquial speech.

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