zëň

Waigali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *dzena, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáyanam, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“winter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzəɽ̃/

Noun

zëň (Zhonchigal)

  1. winter

References

  • Jakob Halfmann (2022) Advances in the historical phonology of the Nuristani languages, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction 19, page 129
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