bingeh

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From bin (“base, bottom; under”) + -geh (“suffix for places”), compare Parthian [Term?] (/⁠bungāh⁠/, “basis, foundation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪnˈɡɛh/

Noun

Central Kurdish	بنگه (bingih)

bingeh f (Arabic spelling بنگەھ)

1. basis, foundation, base
2. bottom
3. root, stem

Derived terms

• bêbingeh
• bingehîn

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “bingeh”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 67