ترێ

Central Kurdish
ھێشوویەک ترێ

Etymology

From a by-form *տըլի (*təli) of Middle Armenian տոլի (toli, “vine”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɾe̞ː/

Noun
Northern Kurdish tirî

تِرێ (tirê)

  1. grape
    Synonym: ھەنگوور (hengûr)

References
  1. Asatrian, Garnik (2009) “Prolegomena to the Study of the Kurds”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 13, number 1, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 39

Further reading
  • Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “tirê”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 148
  • Kurdojev, K. K., Jusupova, Z. A. (1983) “ترێ”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 141
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