tixûb
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Aramaic תְּחוּם (təḥūm, “border, limit”) or Classical Syriac ܬܚܘܡܐ. Compare Arabic تُخْم (tuḵm).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɪˈxuːb/
Noun
| Central Kurdish | تخووب (txûb) |
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tixûb m or f (Arabic spelling تخووب)
- border, limit, boundary
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “tixûb”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press