başûr

Meaning

1. (masculine) south
2. (masculine) the south wind
3. (masculine) Southern Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan

Concepts

south

Synonyms

باشور

Translations

sud

sud

sud

meridies

güney

migdia

migjorn

🕛

νότος

sul

sur

Süden

meridione

mezzogiorno

midi

🕛

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɑːˈʃuːɾ/

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from ba (“wind”) + şûr (“sour”), signifying the direction from which the wind that blows from where the salty waters are. Perhaps an ancient mythological concept to separate "good wind" (southern wind) from "bad wind" (northern wind). Compare bakur and also Gurani واگەرم (wagerm, “south; lit. "warm wind"”).

Sentences

Li Kurdistana başûr bi navê Mam Azad tê bi nav kirin .

In southern Kurdistan, it is called Mam Azad.

Morî berê kuna xwe her tim didin başûr .

Snakes always point their holes to the south.

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.