xirab

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic خَرَاب (ḵarāb, “ruined, wrecked”).

Adjective

xirab (comparative xirabtir, superlative xirabtirîn, Arabic spelling خراب)

  1. bad
  2. ruined, destroyed
    Synonym: nebaş

Derived terms

  • xirabî

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “xirab”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 661
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