Khalaj edit

Perso-Arabic بَنا شاماق

Etymology edit

Partial calque of Persian بنا کردن (benâ kardan).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [bænɒː ʃaˈmaq]

Verb edit

bənâ şamaq (third-person singular aorist bənâ şayır, second person singular imperative bənâ şayı)

  1. to begin, start

References edit

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó