werz

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Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *wr̥jyáti. Compare Classical Syriac ܒܪܙܐ (barzāʾ, “sown field”), Middle Persian 𐫇𐫡𐫝 (wrc /⁠warz⁠/), Persian برز (barz, “sown field”), Persian کشاورز, Sogdian 𐫇𐫡𐫉 (wrz /⁠warz⁠/, “miracle, magic”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛɾz/

Noun

werz m (Arabic spelling وەرز)

  1. field, patch or bed in which melons and the like are grown
    Synonym: parêz
  2. season
    Synonym: demsal

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “werz”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 643