Nêr

boy

(Îngilîzî)

  1. (historical, masculine, offensive) a male domestic servant, especially one with a darker skin in a colony
  2. (informal, masculine) boy, young man

Pircarînî

B2
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/bɔi̯/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

Borrowed from English boy. Cognate with Middle Dutch boye (“young man, boy”), whence Dutch boi (“boy”).

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