ھەوێ

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

• ھەوگ (hewig)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hapáθniH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sapátniH, from *sa- (“together, co-”) +‎ *pátniH (“wife”), from Proto-Indo-European *pótnih₂ (“wife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hawe̞ː/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	hewî

ھەوێ (hewê)

1. co-wife

References

• Hejar (1990) “ھەوێ”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 1011
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “hewê”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 65