pirtûk
Northern Kurdish
Alternative forms
- pertok, pertûk, pirtok
Etymology
Compare Old Armenian պրտու (prtu, “paper reed”), of which the papyrus is made.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɪɾˈtuːk/
- Rhymes: -uːkˤ
pirtûk
Noun
pirtûk f
| Central Kurdish | پەرتووک (pertûk) |
|---|
- book
- Ev pirtûka bavê min e.
- This is the book of my father.
- Synonym: kitêb
Declension
Declension of pirtûk
| Definite feminine gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Plural | ||
| Nominative | pirtûk | pirtûk | ||
| Construct | pirtûka | pirtûkên | ||
| Oblique | pirtûkê | pirtûkan | ||
| Demonstrative oblique | wê pirtûkê | wan pirtûkan | ||
| Vocative | pirtûkê | pirtûkino | ||
| Indefinite feminine gender | ||||
| Case | Singular | Plural | ||
| Nominative | pirtûkek | pirtûkin | ||
| Construct | pirtûkeke | pirtûkine | ||
| Oblique | pirtûkekê | pirtûkinan | ||
Further reading
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “pirtûk”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 458b