sînor

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σῠ́νορᾰ (sŭ́noră, “frontier, border”). Compare Turkish sınır.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siːˈnoːɾ/

Noun

sînor m or f

  1. border, limit, frontier

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “sînor”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 555
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