telef

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic تلف‎ (talaf, “destruction”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛˈlɛf/

Noun

telef f (Arabic spelling تەلەف‎)

  1. destruction, loss, perdition

References
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “telef”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press
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