alastin
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Northern Kurdish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”). Cognate with Kashmiri لیَوُن (lyavun) and Persian لیسیدن (lisidan).
Pronunciation
Verb
alastin (third-person singular simple present dalêse, past tense alast, Arabic spelling ئالاستن)
- (transitive) to lick
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “alastin”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 5