بەرخ
Central Kurdish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Iranian *vara-ka- and related to Persian بره (barra); see there for more. The x instead of expected k is problematic.
Noun
| Northern Kurdish | berx |
|---|---|
| Southern Kurdish | وەرک (werk) |
بەرخ (berx)
- lamb
References
- Kurdojev, K. K.; Jusupova, Z. A. (1983), “بەرخ”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 69a
- Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879), “برخ”, in Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 43b
- Cabolov, R. L. (2001), “barx”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 126–127
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գառն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 519b