serkar

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian سرکار (sarkâr, “chief, overseer, supervisor, superintendent”) and Central Kurdish سەرکار (serkar, “superintendent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛɾˈkʰɑːɾ/

Noun

serkar m (Arabic spelling سەرکار)

1. director, manager

   Synonym: rêvebir

2. leader, head, chief

   Synonyms: mezin, pêşeng, rêber, rêvebir, rêzan, serek, serok, serwer

3. chairman
4. supervisor, overseer

Declension

Declension of serkar

definite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	serkar	serkar
construct	serkarê	serkarên
oblique	serkarî	serkaran
demonstrative oblique	wî serkarî	wan serkaran
vocative	serkaro	serkarino
indefinite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	serkarek	serkarin
construct	serkarekî	serkarine
oblique	serkarekî	serkarinan

Derived terms

• serkarî

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “serkar”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 239