lawaz

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Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Gurani لاواز (lāwāz), لاۋاز (lāʋāz, thin, lean) and Gāvkošak (lävez, weak; poor). Note also Persian لاغر (lâğar).

Adjective

lawaz[2]

Northern Kurdish lawaz
Central Kurdish لاواز (lawaz)
Southern Kurdish لاواز (lawaz)
  1. thin, slim, slender, lean; puny, undersized; emaciated (from hunger or disease), skin and bones
  2. weak
    lawaz kirinto make someone lose weight; to weaken
  3. lean (of meat)

Descendants

  • Armenian: լավազ (lavaz)
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܵܘܵܙܵܐ (lāwāzā)

References

  1. ^ Orbeli, I. A. (2002) “lewaz, levaz”, in Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.2)‎ (in Russian), edited by Ž. S. Musaeljan and I. I. Cukerman from the author's manuscript written during his 1911–1912 Moks expedition, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, pages 113–114
  2. ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “lawaz”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 346ab