mirîşk
Northern Kurdish
editEtymology
editFrom *murγ (“bird”) from Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáh (“bird”). Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (mwlw' /murw/), Parthian [Manichaean needed] (mwrg /murγ/), Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (mərəγa), Pashto مرغه (mërğë), Ossetian маргъ (marǧ), Baluchi مرگ (murg), Old Armenian սիրամարգ (siramarg) and լորամարգ (loramarg).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editCentral Kurdish | مْریشک (mirîşk) |
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Southern Kurdish | مامر (mamir) |
mirîşk f (Arabic spelling مريشک)
References
edit- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “mirîşk”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 390