-van

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Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”). Compare Persian ـبان (-bân).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-van m or f (Arabic spelling ـڤان)

  1. used to form nouns denoting someone who is an expert in an area or who takes part in an activity: -man, -er, -ist
    ‎ajot(in) (“to drive”) + ‎-van → ‎ajotvan (“driver, chauffeur”)

Declension

Declension of -van
Definite feminine and masculine gender
Case Feminine (sg) Masculine (sg) Plural
Nominative -van -van -van
Construct -vana -vanê -vanên
Oblique -vanê -vanî -vanan
Demonstrative oblique wê -vanê wî -vanî wan -vanan
Vocative -vanê -vano -vanino
Indefinite feminine and masculine gender
Case Feminine (sg) Masculine (sg) Plural
Nominative -vanek -vanek -vanin
Construct -vaneke -vanekî -vanine
Oblique -vanekê -vanekî -vaninan

Derived terms

Northern Kurdish terms suffixed with -van
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