zayend

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Coined by Kurdish writer Celadet Bedir Khan in 1941 in the sense grammatical gender from zan (“to be born (animal)”); from za (“was born”) +‎ -end (“-ant, -ing”). Compare Persian زاینده (zâyandé) from زادن (zâdan)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɑːˈjɛnd/

Noun

zayend m or f

  1. grammatical gender[1]
    Synonyms: cins, cinsiyet
    • 1941, Ferhengvan, “Ferhengoka Hawarê”, in Hawar, number 27, page 696:
      Di nav bêjeyên vê Ferhengokê de herçî bêjeyên ko xudan zayend in, tîpek li ber e. Ew tîp zayendê bêjeyê şanî dide:m. — mê, n. — nêr.
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  2. (puristic, proscribed) sex (gender)
    Synonyms: cins, cinsiyet

References

  1. ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “zayend”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series), volume M-Z, London: Transnational Press
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