çerx

See also: çərx

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

from Proto-Iranian *čaxrám (compare Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀 (caxra, “wheel”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám (compare Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá)), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“wheel, circle”) (Compare Persian چرخ (čarx)).

Noun

çerx f or m

  1. wheel
  2. century

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “çerx”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 106

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Persian چرخ (čarx).

Noun

çerx

  1. wheel
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