ژووشک

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

• ژیشک (jîşik), ژووژک (jûjik), ژیژک (jîjik)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ǰúǰakah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáǰʰukas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒuːʃək/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	jûjî

ژووشک (jûşik)

1. hedgehog

References

• Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “ژووشک”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 329
• Hejar (1990) “ژوُشک”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 400
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “jûşik”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 70