niştir

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Persian نیشتر.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Central Kurdish نەشتەر (neşter)

niştir m or f (Arabic spelling نشته‌ر)

  1. lance, spear, pike
  2. lancet, scalpel
  3. barpoon

References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “niştir”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 418