qirax

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *kïr-. Compare Azerbaijani qıraq (edge, outskirts), Uyghur قىرغاق (qirghaq, “edge”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

qirax ? (Arabic spelling قراخ)

  1. edge
  2. outskirts
  3. border

References[edit]

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “qirax”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 489
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