ئافرەت

Central Kurdish

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing, compare Turkish avrat, Azerbaijani arvad. Ultimately from Arabic عَوْرَة (ʕawra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔaːfɾat/

Noun
Southern Kurdish ئافرەت (afret)
Laki ئافرەت (afret)

ئافرەت (afret)

  1. woman

Synonyms

References
  • Thackston, W. M. (2006) “âfrat”, in Sorani Kurdish: A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings, Lecture Notes, Iranian Studies, Harvard University, page 165
  • Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “afret”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 1
  • îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “ئافرەت”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 14

Northern Kurdish

Noun

ئافرەت (afret) f

  1. Arabic spelling of afret (“woman”)

References
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “afret”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 2
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