pêş

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pes"

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پیش (piš, “before”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰeːʃ/

Preposition

pêş (Arabic spelling پێش)

1. before; in front of

   Synonym: ber

   Antonym: dû

Derived terms

• pêş-
• pêşmerge

Adverb

pêş (Arabic spelling پێش)

1. before (at the front end)

   Antonym: paş

Noun

pêş f (Arabic spelling پێش)

1. skirt; flap, lap (of a garment)

   Synonyms: damen, daw

2. slope (of a mountain)

   Synonyms: berwar, hevraz, jihelî, pal, pesar, quntar, sîng, terazin

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “pêş”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 121
• Cabolov, R. L. (2010) “pēš”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 72