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Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰíHwati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”). Cognate to Lithuanian gyventi, Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō.
Pronunciation
Verb
| Central Kurdish
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ژیان (jyan)
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jîn (Arabic spelling ژين)
- (intransitive) to live, be alive
- to dwell, reside
Noun
jîn f (Arabic spelling ژين)
- life
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “jîn”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 292