dawî

See also: dawi

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Akin to Southern Kurdish, Central Kurdish and Gurani دواهی (dwahî), Zazaki dimaîn. Unless daw is not a rebracketing from dawî, from earlier *dihawî < *diwahî, from dû (“tail, end; after”) +‎ -ahî (“-ity, -ness”), which is preserved in Southern dialects as dûmahî. In some dialects displaced by axirî or xilasî.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

dawî f

1. end

Antonyms

• destpêk

Derived terms

• bi dawî hatin
• bi dawî anîn ("to end")
• bi dawî bûn
• bi dawî kirin ("to finish")
• dawîn ("last, final")
• dawînî ("finally")
• dawiya dawîn ("ultimate; ultimately")
• koça dawîn