asayîş

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• asayiş, asayişt, asayîşt

Etymology

From Persian آسایش (âsâyeš, “rest, comfort”), derived from the present stem of آسودن (âsudan, “to rest; to relax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːsɑːˈjiːʃ/

Noun

asayîş f (Arabic spelling ئاساییش)

1. security, safety; calm, tranquility
2. security force (e.g. police)

Declension

Declension of asayîş

definite feminine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	asayîş	asayîş
construct	asayîşa	asayîşên
oblique	asayîşê	asayîşan
demonstrative oblique	wê asayîşê	wan asayîşan
vocative	asayîşê	asayîşino
indefinite feminine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	asayîşek	asayîşin
construct	asayîşeke	asayîşine
oblique	asayîşekê	asayîşinan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “asayîş”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 13