problem, issue
- Hêviya me ya heri mezin ew e ku em bikaribin pirsgirêka Kurdan binin nav dezgah û sazgehên navneteweyi. - Our greatest hope is that we will be able to bring the Kurdish problem to international organizations and associations.
pirs (question) + girêk (knot).
Pirs from Avestan (Av.) "pares" (to ask, to question).