alîn
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Likely cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλύω (alúō, “to be deeply stirred, excited, to be beyond oneself; to wander, to roam about, to lounge idly”) and Latvian aluot (“to wander around, to get lost”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːˈliːn/
Verb
alîn (third-person singular simple present dalo, Arabic spelling ئالین)
Related terms
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “alîn”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 6
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