qesem

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic قسم (qasam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qɛˈsɛm/

Noun

qesem f (Arabic spelling قەسەم)

1. oath, vow

   Synonym: sond

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “qesem”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 484