daxwaz

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian درخواست (darxâst), Central Kurdish داخوازی (daxwazî).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑːxˈwɑːz/

Noun

daxwaz f (Arabic spelling داخواز)

  1. wish, desire, want, necessity
  2. demand, request, supplication, entreaty

Declension

Declension of daxwaz
definite feminine gender
case singular plural
nominative daxwaz daxwaz
construct daxwaza daxwazên
oblique daxwazê daxwazan
demonstrative oblique daxwazê wan daxwazan
vocative daxwazê daxwazino
indefinite feminine gender
case singular plural
nominative daxwazek daxwazin
construct daxwazeke daxwazine
oblique daxwazekê daxwazinan

Derived terms

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “daxwaz”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 126