پەڕ

See also: شەڕ, مەڕ, and کەڕ

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *parnám, Proto-Indo-Iranian *parnám, From Proto-Indo-European *pornóm, from *p(t)erH. Cognate with Persian پر (par, “feather”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (par^əna, “feather”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “feather”), Lithuanian spar̃nas (“wing”), Old Church Slavonic перо (pero, “wing, feather”), Albanian fier (“fern”), English fern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /par/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	per

پەڕ (perr)

1. feather

Derived terms

• پەڕلەپێ (perrlepê)

References

• Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “پەڕ”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 126
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “peṟ”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 105