melexan

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Cognate with Armenian մեղեխ (meġex).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛlɛˈxɑːn/

Noun

Central Kurdish	مەڵەغان (melleẍan)

melexan f

1. scythe, pruning hook

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “melexan”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 370