zarok

Meaning

child

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zɑːˈroːk/

Etymology

Unknown. Cabolov compares with Arabic ذُرِّيَّة (ḏurriyya, “progeny”), ذَرارِي (ḏarārī, “children”), which seems possible, though not fully convincing since the Arabic words are of moderate frequency and the stem ḏarr- (zarr-) would have to be an independent backformation in Kurdish. Compare, however, the Kurdish borrowing zurryet (“progeny”) from ذُرِّيَّة (ḏurriyya). Other possibilities include a (vague) derivation from the stem of zan (“to bear; to be born”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Sentences

Zarok avê tînin .

Children bring water.

Şeş zarok Xwedê dane me .

God gave us six children.

Xwezî bavê min ev zarok dîtibûna.

I wish my father had seen this child.

Ev zarok pir delal in.

These children are very beautiful.

Zarok tev giriyan.

The children all cried.

Zarok tiştan bi ken dibêjin .

Children say things with a smile.

Nehêle zarok derkevin derve.

Do not let the children go outside.

Zarok hêviya civaka xwe ne .

Children are the hope of their society.