Talk:List of English words of Kurdish origin

Iranian or only Kurdish?
According to etymonline, the word "tiger" is "possibly from an Iranian source". Citation is needed from a reliable, neutral source (i.e. not Kurdish) in order to prove the words "tiger" and "tigris" are in fact from Kurdish and not another Iranian language. --334 14:47, 21 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, it seems weird that the word Tiger is claimed to be Kurdish and there is no source to support it. Also, maybe we should put this page up for deletion, its only 3 words, two of which may not even be Kurdish. Whats the point?Khosrow II 15:05, 24 September 2006 (UTC)


 * The Oxford English dictionary gives "Gr. tigris, a foreign word, evidently oriental, introduced when the beast became known" for the etymology of the word "tiger." It is, of course, completely unrelated to the word Tigris, which has nothing to do with the proposed etymology, tij "sharp."  The name of the river is attested already in the Sumerian texts and has a perfectly acceptable Sumerian etymology, even if it may have passed into Greek (and thence to the western languages) through Persian. --Leo Caesius 14:08, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Merge
The list is seemingly made out of one entry which I believe is itself dusputed on the section above, dictionaty.com makes no referance to Kurdish.

I am hence suggesting a merge to Kurdish language. Not exactly how though, since the amount wouldn't even make a section...

-- Cat out 15:38, 24 September 2006 (UTC)


 * We should just put this article up for deletion. Its meaningless.Khosrow II 15:47, 24 September 2006 (UTC)