zanîngeh

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From zanîn (knowledge) +‎ -geh (place), calque of Persian دانشگاه (dânešgâh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɑːniːnˈɡɛh/

Noun

zanîngeh f

  1. university
    • 2012, “Li Zanîngehê Polîsan Mudaxeleyî Xwendekaran Kir”, in lekolin.org[1], archived from the original on 29 April 2013:
      Di bûyerê de polîsan gule berdan hewa û endamekî ewlehiya taybet yê zanîngehê birîndar bû.
      In the incident, the police fired shots into the air and a member of the university’s special security was injured.

Declension

Declension of zanîngeh
definite feminine gender
case singular plural
nominative zanîngeh zanîngeh
construct zanîngeha zanîngehên
oblique zanîngehê zanîngehan
demonstrative oblique zanîngehê wan zanîngehan
vocative zanîngehê zanîngehino
indefinite feminine gender
case singular plural
nominative zanîngehek zanîngehin
construct zanîngeheke zanîngehine
oblique zanîngehekê zanîngehinan

Derived terms