nounmasculinePlural: nivîşk
butter
- de
- Butter
- nl
- boter
- tr
- tereyağı
- kmr
- Guhartoyeke nîvişk.
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *nayH- (“to churn butter”). Cognate with Baluchi نیمغ (nēmağ, “butter”), Khotanese [script needed] (ñye, “buttermilk”), Sanskrit (नव-)नीत ((nava-)nīta, “fresh butter”). Also related to Persian پنیر (panir, “cheese”).