hêk

See also: hek

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hāwyám (compare Persian ‎ (xâye), Ossetian айк (ajk), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬨‎ (aēm)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hāwyám, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”) (compare Armenian ձու (ju), English egg, Italian uovo, Russian яйцо́ (jajcó)).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eːkˤ

Noun

Central Kurdish	هێلکە‎ (hêlke)

hêk f (Arabic spelling هێک‎)

egg
Synonym: hêlik

References

Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “hêk”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press