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Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *Hwŕ̥HnaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwŕ̥HnaH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. Compare Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ūrṇā), Armenian գեղմ (geġm), Russian волна (volna), English wool, German Wolle, Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos), Latin lāna.
Pronunciation
Noun
hirî f (Arabic spelling هري)
- wool
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “hirî”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 261