alîn

See also: alin and alın

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Likely cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλύω (alúō, “to be deeply stirred, excited, to be beyond oneself; to wander, to roam about, to lounge idly”) and Latvian aluot (“to wander around, to get lost”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑːˈliːn/

Verb

alîn (third-person singular simple present dalo, Arabic spelling ئالین)

(intransitive) to get caught, hooked, entangled
(intransitive) to stumble, trip
(transitive) to confuse, mix up

Related terms

alandin

References

Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “alîn”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 6