ھەوێن

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ham-madu/a-ya-na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hawe̞ːn/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	havên

ھەوێن (hewên)

1. leaven

Synonyms

• ئامێژەن (amêjen)

References

• Asatrian, Garnik (1999) “Kurdish Etymologies I”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 3, number 1, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 209-212
• Thackston, W. M. (2006) “hawen”, in Sorani Kurdish: A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings, Lecture Notes, Iranian Studies, Harvard University, page 190
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “hewên”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 65
• îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “ھەوێن”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 1347