qezîya

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic قضية (qadīyah).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qɛziːˈjɑː/

Noun

qezîya f (Arabic spelling قهزييا)

1. unhappy event, misfortune

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “qezîya”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 487