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Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From roj (“day”) + baş (“good”).
Pronunciation
Interjection
rojbaş
- good day (Greeting between sunrise and sunset)
- good morning (Used as a greeting when meeting somebody for the first time in the morning.)
- formal greeting between sunrise and sunset
Usage notes
This is mostly a borrowing from Central Kurdish ڕۆژ باش (roj baş), which is calqued from Arabic مَسَاء اَلْخَيْر (masāʔ al-ḵayr). Local Kurds mostly say "roj bi xêr" or "roj xweş" in colloquial speech.