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Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰrúkš ~ *dʰrúǰʰás (“deceit, offence”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰréwgʰ-s ~ *dʰrugʰ-és, from *dʰrewgʰ- (“to deceive, mislead”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬎𐬘 (druj, “lie”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛˈɾɛw/
- Hyphenation: de‧rew
- Rhymes: -ɛw
Noun
derew f (plural derewan)
- lie
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “derew”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 134