Northern Kurdish edit

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from šəxtik according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology edit

From synonymous Armenian շղբիկ (šġbik), from շեղբ (šeġb).[1] Doublet of şilf.

Noun edit

şixtîk ?[2]

  1. (Nor Bayazet) useless old knife

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շեղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 509a
  2. ^ Adjarian, H. (1909–1911) “Recueil de mots kurdes en dialecte de Novo-Bayazet [Compendium of Kurdish Words in the Nor Bayazet Dialect]”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume XVI, page 366b