pîj
Northern Kurdish
Alternative forms
- pînc
Etymology
Cognate with Central Kurdish پِرژۆڵ (pirjoll), Persian پرز (porz).
Noun
pîj m[1]
- splinter, sliver
- Synonym: qirş
- knitting needle
- Synonym: caẍ
- hangnail
- awl, chisel
- fork used in weaving
Adjective
pîj[1]
- (of knives) sharp
Derived terms
- pîjik
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
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “pîj”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 463b