وشک

See also: وشك, مشک, and پشک

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hhúškah (dry), Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsúškas (dry), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews- (to be dry). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬱𐬐𐬀 (huška, dry), Sanskrit शुष्क (śúṣka, dry) Persian خشک (xošk, dry), Pashto وچ (wəč).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wəʃk/

Adjective

Northern Kurdish hişk

وشک (wişk)

  1. dry
  2. arid

Derived terms

وشکی (wişkî)

References