nefer

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See also: nəfər

Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Arabic نفر (nafar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nefer m or f (Arabic spelling نەفەر)

  1. person, individual

References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “nefer”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 406

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نفر (nefer).

Noun

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nefer m (plural neferi)

  1. (dated) Ottoman soldier
  2. (dated) member of a posse
    Synonym: poteraș

Declension

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