Central Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مَكْتُوب (maktūb). [1]

Noun edit

مەکتووب (mektûb)

  1. (Iraq) letter (a document)

Usage notes edit

  • In Iraqi Sorani نامە (name) is preferred in usage by purists over مەکتووب (mektûb).

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hasanpoor, Jafar (1999) A Study of European, Persian and Arabic Loans in Standard Sorani (Reports on Asian and African Studies; 1), Uppsala: Uppsala University, page 123