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Northern Kurdish
Alternative forms
Etymology
from Proto-Iranian *hampr̥sā. Cognate with Persian ارس (ors)/اورس (avers), Baluchi اپرس (apors, “juniper”). Borrowed into Hebrew בְּרוֹשׁ (bərṓš), Aramaic בְּרֹותָא (bərōṯā), Turkish ardıç.
Pronunciation
Noun
| Central Kurdish
|
ھەورِس (hewris)
|
hevris m (Arabic spelling هەڤرس)
- juniper tree
- Synonym: merx
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “hevris”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 246