alastin

== Northern Kurdish == === Alternative forms === alêstin, alistin, alîstin === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”). Cognate with Kashmiri لیَوُن (lyavun) and Persian لیسیدن (lisidan). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑːlɑːsˈtɪn/ === Verb === alastin (third-person singular simple present dalêse, past tense alast, Arabic spelling ئالاستن) (transitive) to lick === References === Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “alastin”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 5