ھەوێن

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ham-madu/a-ya-na.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hawe̞ːn/

Noun
Northern Kurdish havên

ھەوێن (hewên)

  1. leaven

Synonyms
  • ئامێژەن (amêjen)

References
  • Asatrian, Garnik (1999) “Kurdish Etymologies I”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 3, number 1, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 209-212
  • Thackston, W. M. (2006) “hawen”, in Sorani Kurdish: A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings, Lecture Notes, Iranian Studies, Harvard University, page 190
  • Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “hewên”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 65
  • îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “ھەوێن”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 1347
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