Where does “bertîlxwerî” come from?

bertîlxwerî (Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish bertîlxwer, from Northern Kurdish bertîl — bribe.

bertîlxwerî (Kurdish): corruption

Definitions

  1. corruption

Ancestry of “bertîlxwerî”, step by step

bertîlxwerî traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Northern Kurdish bertîlxwer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishbertîlxwercorrupter
2Northern Kurdishbertîlbribe

via Northern Kurdish i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishi—
Every word from Northern Kurdish bertîl →Every word from Northern Kurdish bertîlxwer →