ئێوە

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Akin to Southern Kurdish ئیوە (îwe), Northern Kurdish we and dialectal hewe (and more distantly hûn), Southern Luri ایسا (isa), Bakhtiari ایسا (isa), Zazaki şima, Gurani شمە (şme), Persian شما. From *išma > *ihma > *ihwa > *êwa. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *usmé, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yušmá, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs. Compare Ancient Greek ὑμέας (huméas), Sanskrit युष्म (yuṣma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːwæ/

Pronoun

Northern Kurdish hûn
Southern Kurdish ئیوە (îwe)

ئێوە (êwe)

  1. you (plural)
  2. your (plural), yours (plural)

See also

Sorani personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person من (min) ئێمە (ême)
2nd person تۆ (to) ئێوە (êwe)
3rd person ئەو (ew) ئەوان (ewan)
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