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Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian پیش (piš, “before”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
pêş (Arabic spelling پێش)
- before; in front of
- Synonym: ber
- Antonym: dû
Derived terms
Adverb
pêş (Arabic spelling پێش)
- before (at the front end)
- Antonym: paş
Noun
pêş f (Arabic spelling پێش)
- skirt; flap, lap (of a garment)
- Synonyms: damen, daw
- slope (of a mountain)
- Synonyms: berwar, hevraz, jihelî, pal, pesar, quntar, sîng, terazin
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “pêş”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 121
- Cabolov, R. L. (2010) “pēš”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 72