نەتەوە

Central Kurdish

Originally meaning "great-grandchild" and "lineage", a metathesis version of نەوەتە (newete), from earlier *نەوەچە (*neweçe), from نەوە (newe, “grandchild”) +‎ -چە (-çe, “diminutive suffix”). Compare نەوادە (newade, “grandchild”) of the Erdelani dialect, Northern Kurdish nevîçirrk (“great-grandchild”), Persian نواسه (navâse). For the phonetic shift compare ڕەتەوە (retewe, “race”) (from ڕەگ (reg, “root”) +‎ -چە (-çe), = Northern Kurdish rehçik) and Northern Kurdish bineçe and binate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /natawa/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	netewe

نەتەوە (netewe)

1. nation
2. great-grandchild

Derived terms

• نەتەوەیی (neteweyî) ("national")
• نەتەوایەتی (netewayetî) ("nationality")