قەڵخان

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

• قەڵغان (qellẍan)

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing; compare Turkish kalkan, Azerbaijani qalxan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaɫxaːn/

Noun

قەڵخان (qellxan)

1. shield

   Synonym: سپەر (sper)

Derived terms

• قەڵخانبازی (qellxanbazî)
• قەڵخانگیر (qellxangîr)
• قەڵخانە (qellxane)

 

References

• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “qeḻghan”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 114
• Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “قەڵغان”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 427
• Kurdojev, K. K., Jusupova, Z. A. (1983) “قەڵغان”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 489