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Etymology
Probably from Spanish mil.
Numeral
mî
- thousand
Namuyi
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mi (“female”). Cognate to Chinese 妹 (mèi, “girl”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mî
- wife
Synonyms
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *mayšáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European *móysos (“sheep, skin of sheep”). Cognate with Sanskrit मेष (meṣá), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (maēša), Persian میش (miš), Khwarezmian (ʾmh), Ormuri (maī), Munji (mə́ya).
Pronunciation
Noun
| Central Kurdish
|
مێ (mê)
|
| Southern Kurdish
|
میە (mye)
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| Laki
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مێ (mê)
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| Zazaki
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meşna
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mî f (Arabic spelling مي)
- sheep
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “mî”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 395