Central Kurdish

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Etymology

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A Turkic borrowing. Compare Turkish çökmek (to kneel) and Azerbaijani çökmək (to kneel). Replaced native ئەژنۆ (ejno) in some dialects.

Noun

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Northern Kurdish çok

چۆک (çok)

  1. (Mukri) knee

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Derived terms

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References

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  • îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “چۆک”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî, Tehran: suha, page 321
  • Thackston, W. M. (2006) “chok”, in Sorani Kurdish: A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings, Lecture Notes, Iranian Studies, Harvard University, page 176