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

Noun edit

Central Kurdish هێلکە (hêlke)

hêk f (Arabic spelling هێک)

  1. egg
    Synonym: hêlik

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