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Northern Kurdish
- хьнами (xinamî) — Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Armenian խնամի (xnami).
Noun
xinamî ?
- in-law (relative by marriage)
References
- Siabandov, S., Čʻačʻan, A. (1957) “խնամի”, in Hay-kʻrderen baṙaran [Armenian–Kurdish Dictionary], Yerevan: State Press of Armenia (HayPetHrat), page 154b
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “xinamî”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 661b
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խնամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 378b