jîn

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰíHwati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”). Cognate to Lithuanian gyventi, Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒiːn/

Verb

Central Kurdish	ژیان (jyan)

jîn (Arabic spelling ژين)

1. (intransitive) to live, be alive
2. to dwell, reside

Noun

jîn f (Arabic spelling ژين)

1. life

Alternative forms

• jîyan
• jiyan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “jîn”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 292