شەوە

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

• شەوگ (şewig)

Etymology

Related to شەو (şew, “night”). Compare Persian شبق (šabaq, “jet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃawa/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	şeve

شەوە (şewe)

1. (mineralogy) jet

References

• Hejar (1990) “شەوە”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 494