henek
Northern Kurdish
Alternative forms
- ḧenek
- henek‘[1]
Etymology
From Arabic حَنَك (ḥanak).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛˈnɛk/
Noun
| Central Kurdish | حەنەک (ḧenek) |
|---|---|
| Southern Kurdish | ھەنەک (henek) |
| Laki | ھەنەک (henek) |
henek f[2][1]
- joke
Derived terms
- henekçî
Descendants
- → Armenian: հանաք (hanakʿ)
References
- Orbeli, I. A. (2002), “henek”, in Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.2) (in Russian), edited by Ž. S. Musaeljan and I. I. Cukerman from the author's manuscript written during his 1911–1912 Moks expedition, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 88a
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “ḧenek”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 272a
Further reading
- Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 453a