gerden

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian گردن (gardan, “neck”), Khotanese gaḍaa- (“throat, neck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛɾˈdɛn/

Noun

Central Kurdish	گەردن (gerdin)

gerden f (Arabic spelling گەردەن)

1. neck, throat
2. collar

Declension

Declension of gerden

definite feminine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	gerden	gerden
construct	gerdena	gerdenên
oblique	gerdenê	gerdenan
demonstrative oblique	wê gerdenê	wan gerdenan
vocative	gerdenê	gerdenino
indefinite feminine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	gerdenek	gerdenin
construct	gerdeneke	gerdenine
oblique	gerdenekê	gerdeninan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “gerden”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 205