çîyayî
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From çiya (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːjɑːˈjiː/
Noun
çîyayî m or f (Arabic spelling چییایي)
- mountain dweller, highlander, mountaineer
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “çîyayî”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press