çîyayî

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From çiya (“mountain”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːjɑːˈjiː/

Noun[edit]

çîyayî m or f (Arabic spelling چییایي)

  1. mountain dweller, highlander, mountaineer

References[edit]

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “çîyayî”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 115
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