Etymology

dengbej

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Today it means: A Kurdish folk singer. Full definition →

Northern Kurdish dengbêj
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  1. Northern Kurdish · borrowed fromdengbêj
  2. English todaydengbej

From Northern Kurdish dengbêj, from deng (“sound, voice”) + bêj- (“say”), present stem of gotin (“to say”).

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