şev

From Proto-Iranian *xšápš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps (“night”). Cognate with Persian شب (šab), Sanskrit क्षप् (kṣap), Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬀𐬞 (xṣ̌ap), Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p).

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• IPA^(key): /ʃɛv/

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• Rhymes: -ɛv

şev f (Arabic spelling شەڤ)

1. night, evening

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “şev”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 576

• şiv

From Ottoman Turkish شیو (şiv, şev), from Persian شیب (šib).

şev (definite accusative şevi, plural şevler)

1. (historical) a slope in a fortification, an escarp or counterscarp
2. (woodworking, engineering) chamfer