fireh

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *pr̥θúš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥tʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬎 (pərəθu), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Old Armenian յաղթ (yałtʻ), English flat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɪˈɾɛh/

Adjective
Central Kurdish فرەوان (frewan)

fireh

  1. wide, broad, spacious, capacious

Derived terms
  • firehî

References
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “fireh”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 196
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