dêw

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Compare Persian دیو (dêv).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /deːw/
  • Rhymes: -eːw

Noun
Central Kurdish دێو (dêw)

dêw m (Arabic spelling دێو)

  1. demon, ogre

References
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “dêw”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 148
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