şivan

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Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From *şiban < *şubân, related to Persian شبان (šobân).

Pronunciation

Noun

Central Kurdish شوان (şwan)
Zazaki şwane
Gurani şûane

şivan m or f (Arabic spelling شڤان)

  1. shepherd

Declension

Declension of şivan
Definite feminine and masculine gender
Case Feminine (sg) Masculine (sg) Plural
Nominative şivan şivan şivan
Construct şivana şivanê şivanên
Oblique şivanê şivanî şivanan
Demonstrative oblique wê şivanê wî şivanî wan şivanan
Vocative şivanê şivano şivanino
Indefinite feminine and masculine gender
Case Feminine (sg) Masculine (sg) Plural
Nominative şivanek şivanek şivanin
Construct şivaneke şivanekî şivanine
Oblique şivanekê şivanekî şivaninan

Dialectal variants

Derived terms

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “şivan”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 585
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