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Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *náymah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náymas (“half”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀 (naēma), Sanskrit नेम (néma), Persian نیم (nim).
Noun
nîv m (Arabic spelling نیڤ)
- half
Derived terms
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “nîv”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 421