hîv

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From an earlier *sîm, related to Zazaki aşm. Compare archaic Persian آیشم (âyešm), Talysh овшум.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiːv/

Noun

hîv f

1. moon

Alternative forms

• heyv

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “hîv”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 262