bakur

Meaning

1. (masculine) north
2. (masculine) the north wind
3. (masculine) Northern Kurdistan

Concepts

north

northern

Synonyms

باکور

Translations

nord

norte

nord

βορράς

nord

Norden

septentrió

şimal

settentrione

borealis

noorden

norte

kuzey

شمال

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɑːˈkʊɾ/

Etymology

Cognate with Zaza: vakur

Cognate with English: hard

In summary

Related to Zazaki vakur, ultimately uncertain. From ba + kur; the latter perhaps meaning hard, strong and connected to xurt (“strong, hard”) and English hard, signifying the direction from which the cold and hard wind blows. Perhaps an ancient mythological concept to separate "good wind" (southern wind) from "bad wind" (northern wind). Compare başûr and also Gurani واسارد (wasard, “north; literally "cold wind"”).

Sentences

Ew ê serê tîra rengtarî bakur û ya rengvekirî jî başûr nîşan bide.

The colored arrowhead will point north and the light colored arrowhead will point south.

Ew ê serê tîrê rengtarî bakur û yê rengvekirî jî başûr nîşan bide.

It will point to the north and the light-colored arrowhead to the south.