sivore

Northern Kurdish

a Sciurus anomalus, somewhere in Upper Mesopotamia

Alternative forms

• sivor, sivorî, sivorîk, siworîk, siwûrî, sîmore, sîmorîk, sîvorek, sîwor, samorik, samûrak, seforî, semolok, semorik, sevor, sevorî, siforî, sihor, sihorik, sihorî, sihorîk, simbolek, simolek, simore, simorek, sibore, sior

Etymology

Cognate with Central Kurdish سیمۆرە (sîmore, “squirrel”), Zazaki sımore (“squirrel”) and Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (smwl /⁠samōr⁠/, “sable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪvoːˈɾɛ/

Noun

sivore m

1. squirrel, especially Sciurus anomalus

   Synonyms: pilûr, sencab, çekeloz

Descendants

• → Armenian: սվորիկ (svorik)

References

• Botî, Kamêran Silêman (2006) “sivore”, in Ferhenga Kamêran: Kurdî-Kurdî, largely dedicated to the Behdinan dialect, Duhok: Spîrêz, page 623
• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “siwûrî”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume II, London: Transnational Press, page 257b
• Marr, N. (1925) “По поводу русского слова "сало" в древнеармянском описании хазарской трапезы VII в. [Regarding the Russian word "сало" in a 7th century Old Armenian description of a Khazar meal]”, in Тексты и разыскания по кавказской филологии. Том 1 (in Russian), Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 118–122
• Farqînî, Zana (2005) “sivor, sivore”, in Ferhenga Kurdî-Tirkî / Türkçe-Kürtçe Sözlük [Kurdish–Turkish Dictionary], 2nd edition, Istanbul: Kurdish Institute of Istanbul, page 1701a