گەمێ

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms
  • گەمیە (gemye)

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing, compare Turkish gemi, Azerbaijani gəmi. Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kēmi, *gẹ̄mi (“boat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡame̞ː/

Noun
Northern Kurdish gemî

گەمێ (gemê)

  1. ship
    Synonyms: پاپۆڕ (paporr), کەشتی (keştî)

Derived terms
  • گەمێوان (gemêwan)

References
  • Kurdojev, K. K., Jusupova, Z. A. (1983) “گەمێ”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 572
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