birî

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Northern Kurdish

Noun

birî f

  1. power, strength, force, might

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 487a, derives from Armenian բռի (bṙi)
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “birî I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume I, London: Transnational Press, page 87a
  • Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) “بری”, in Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 47b, compares to Armenian բուռն (buṙn)