zayend

Mane (Îngilîzî)

1. (feminine, masculine) grammatical gender
2. (feminine, masculine, proscribed) sex (gender)

Hevwate

cins

cinsiyet

Werger

sexe

👉👌

sesso

👉👌

sort

type

Geschlecht

👉👌

sexe

sex

👉👌

breed

descent

description

genealogy

grade

kind

lineage

sexus

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/zɑːˈjɛnd/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Hevwate bi îngilîzî: gender

Hevwate bi Northern Kurdish: reh

In summary

Coined by Turkish writer of Kurdish ancestry Celadet Bedir Khan in 1941 in the sense grammatical gender from zan (“to be born (animal)”); from za (“was born”) + -end (“-ant, -ing”). Compare Persian زاینده (zâyandé) from زادن (zâdan)