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Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Likely cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλύω (alúō, “to be deeply stirred, excited, to be beyond oneself; to wander, to roam about, to lounge idly”) and Latvian aluot (“to wander around, to get lost”).
Pronunciation
Verb
alîn (third-person singular simple present dalo, Arabic spelling ئالین)
- (intransitive) to get caught, hooked, entangled
- (intransitive) to stumble, trip
- (transitive) to confuse, mix up
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “alîn”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 6