ئێستر

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

• ھێستر (hêstir)

Etymology

PIE word
*h₁éḱwos

From Proto-Iranian *Hacwataráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćwatarás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱwo-teros.

Compare Persian استر (astar) and Sanskrit अश्वतर (aśvatará, “mule”, literally “better horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔe̞ːstəɾ/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	êstir

ئێستر (êstir)

1. mule

References

• îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “ئێستر”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 55
• Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “ئێستر”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 47
• Hejar (1990) “ئێستر”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 31
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “êstir”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 47