Etymology

Kobane

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Today it means: A city in Kurdistan of Syria. Full definition →

Northern Kurdish Kobanê ← German Kompanie ← French compagnie
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The story

  1. French · derived fromcompagnie
  2. German · derived fromKompanie“military company”
  3. Northern Kurdish · borrowed fromKobanê
  4. English todayKobane

From Northern Kurdish Kobanê, Kobanî, from German Kompanie (“military company”), from French compagnie. Cognate with English company.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.