peyker

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian پیکر (paykar), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭲𐭪𐭫 (ptkl /⁠patkar, pahikar⁠/, “picture, image”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼 (patikara), from Proto-Iranian *patikárah. Compare Armenian պատկեր (patker).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Central Kurdish په‌یکه‌ر (peyker)

peyker m (Arabic spelling په‌یکه‌ر)

  1. statue, piece of sculpture
    Synonym: heykel
  2. form, image

References[edit]

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “peyker”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 445
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