xinamî
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Borrowed from Armenian խնամի (xnami).
Noun
xinamî (Cyrillic spelling хьнами)
- in-law (relative by marriage)
References
- Siabandov, S.; Čʿačʿan, A. (1957), “խնամի”, in Hay-kʿrderen baṙaran [Armenian–Kurdish Dictionary], Yerevan: State Press of Armenia (HayPetHrat), page 154b
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “xinamî”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 661b
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “խնամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 378b