Where does “فیلەوان” come from?

فیلەوان (Central Kurdish) comes from Central Kurdish فیل, from Arabic فِيل, from Middle Persian pyl, from Latin pirum — a pear.

فیلەوان (Central Kurdish): mahout

Definitions

  1. mahout

Ancestry of “فیلەوان”, step by step

فیلەوان traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Central Kurdish فیل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Kurdishفیلelephant
2Arabicفِيلelephant; the elephant
3Middle Persianpylelephant; bishop
4Latinpiruma pear

via Central Kurdish ـوان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Kurdishـوان—

via Central Kurdish ـەـ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Kurdishـەـ—
Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Middle Persian pyl →Every word from Arabic فِيل →