Sudanese Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic كُورِيك (kūrīk), from Ottoman Turkish كورك (kürek).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كوريق (kōrēg?

  1. shovel

Descendants edit

  • Juba Arabic: koreek

References edit

  • Sigmar Hillelson (1925) Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary[1], London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government, page 262
  • Kees Versteegh (2009) Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics[2], 5 edition, Brill, →ISBN, Sudan, pages 375-381