seyîs

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic سَائِس (sāʔis, “stableman, groom”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛˈjiːs/

Noun

seyîs m (Arabic spelling سەییس)

  1. hostler, groom, stableman

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “seyîs”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 545
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