werz
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *warj-. Compare Classical Syriac ܒܪܙܐ (barzāʾ, “sown field”), Middle Persian 𐫇𐫡𐫝 (wrc /warz/),Persian برز (barz, “sown field”), Persian کشاورز, Sogdian 𐫇𐫡𐫉 (wrz /warz/, “miracle, magic”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɛɾz/
Noun
werz m (Arabic spelling وەرز)
- field, patch or bed in which melons and the like are grown
- Synonym: parêz
- season
- Synonym: demsal
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “werz”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press