kinif

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms
  • к’ьньф (k’inif)[1]

Etymology

A Wanderwort of uncertain ultimate origin.[2] See Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis) for more.

Noun

kinif m[3]

  1. cannabis (plant)
  2. hemp fibre
  3. rope

Synonyms

See also

References
  1. Siabandov, S., Čʻačʻan, A. (1957) “կանեփ”, in Hay-kʻrderen baṙaran [Armenian–Kurdish Dictionary], Yerevan: State Press of Armenia (HayPetHrat), page 171b
  2. Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 552–553
  3. Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “kinif”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 440b
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