hevser

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Persian افسار, Aramaic אפסרא.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Central Kurdish هەوسار (hewsar)

hevser m (Arabic spelling هەڤسار)

  1. halter, head-harness
    Synonym: bûsat
  2. reins, bridle
    Synonym: dizgîn

References[edit]

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “hevsar”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 246