pîj

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms
  • pînc

Etymology

Cognate with Central Kurdish پِرژۆڵ (pirjoll), Persian پرز (porz).

Noun

pîj m[1]

  1. splinter, sliver
    Synonym: qirş
  2. knitting needle
    Synonym: caẍ
  3. hangnail
  4. awl, chisel
  5. fork used in weaving

Adjective

pîj[1]

  1. (of knives) sharp

Derived terms
  • pîjik

References
  1. Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “pîj”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 463b

Further reading
  • Cabolov, R. L. (2010) “piž”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 118
  • Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 78a
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