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Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Proto-Iranian *Háǰiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háǰʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis, *h₃égʷʰis (“snake”).
Pronunciation
Noun
| Central Kurdish
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حەزیا (ḧezya)
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zîha m (Arabic spelling زیها)
- dragon, serpent
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “zîha”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 696