zêr

See also: zer, Zer, żer, žer, and zer-

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam (compare Persian زر‎ (zar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam (compare Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyom, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”). Compare Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), Latvian zelts, English gold.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zeːɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Noun
Central Kurdish زێڕ‎ (zêrr), زەڕ‎ (zerr)
Southern Kurdish زەڕ‎ (zerr)
Laki زەڕ‎ (zerr)

zêr m

  1. gold (element)

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