serkar

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian سرکار (sarkâr, “chief, overseer, supervisor, superintendent”) and Central Kurdish سەرکار (serkar, “superintendent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛɾˈkʰɑːɾ/

Noun

serkar m (Arabic spelling سەرکار)

  1. director, manager
    Synonym: rêvebir
  2. leader, head, chief
    Synonyms: mezin, pêşeng, rêber, rêvebir, rêzan, serek, serok, serwer
  3. chairman
  4. supervisor, overseer

Declension

Declension of serkar
definite masculine gender
case singular plural
nominative serkar serkar
construct serkarê serkarên
oblique serkarî serkaran
demonstrative oblique wî serkarî wan serkaran
vocative serkaro serkarino
indefinite masculine gender
case singular plural
nominative serkarek serkarin
construct serkarekî serkarine
oblique serkarekî serkarinan

Derived terms

  • serkarî

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “serkar”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 239
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