dil

Meaning

heart

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪl/

Etymology

Cognate with Persian دل (del). from Proto-Iranian *jŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.
Cognates with Parthian 𐫉𐫏𐫡𐫅 (zyrd /⁠zirδ⁠/), Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 (zərəd), old Mazanderani زیله (zila), Sanskrit हृदय (hṛdaya), Armenian սիրտ (sirt), and English heart.

Sentences

Ew dil e.

That is a heart.

Gelek dil şikestin.

Many hearts were broken.

Dil lê dide.

The heart is beating.

Dil masûlkeyek e.

The heart is a muscle.

Ez te dil dikim .

I heart you.

Ew emeliyata dil bû.

He had heart surgery.

Nexweşiya dil bi min re heye.

I have heart disease.

Navê kurdistana xwe li ser dil dinexşînin.

They draw the name of their Kurdistan on their hearts.