hêk
See also: hek
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *Hāwyám (compare Persian خایه (xâye), Ossetian айк (ajk), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬨 (aēm)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hāwyám, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”) (compare Armenian ձու (ju), English egg, Italian uovo, Russian яйцо́ (jajcó)).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eːkˤ
Noun edit
Central Kurdish | هێلکە (hêlke) |
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hêk f (Arabic spelling هێک)
References edit
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “hêk”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 249