xwendin

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *kanati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *karnati, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-. Compare Persian خواندن (xândan), Latin canō, cantō, Welsh canu.

Verb

xwendin

  1. to read
    min pirtûkek xwend. ― I read a book (past)
  2. to study
    birayê wî li zankoyê dixwîne. ― his brother studies at the university
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