alîn

See also: alin and alın

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Likely cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλύω (alúō, “to be deeply stirred, excited, to be beyond oneself; to wander, to roam about, to lounge idly”) and Latvian aluot (“to wander around, to get lost”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈliːn/

Verb

alîn (third-person singular simple present dalo, Arabic spelling ئالین)

1. (intransitive) to get caught, hooked, entangled
2. (intransitive) to stumble, trip
3. (transitive) to confuse, mix up

Related terms

• alandin

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “alîn”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 6