pirtûk

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

  • pertok, pertûk, pirtok

Etymology

Compare Old Armenian պրտու (prtu, paper reed), of which the papyrus is made.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪɾˈtuːk/
  • Rhymes: -uːkˤ

Noun

pirtûk f

Central Kurdish پەرتووک (pertûk)
  1. book
    Synonym: kitêb
    Ev pirtûka bavê min e.
    This is the book of my father.

Declension

Declension of pirtûk
definite feminine gender
case singular plural
nominative pirtûk pirtûk
construct pirtûka pirtûkên
oblique pirtûkê pirtûkan
demonstrative oblique pirtûkê wan pirtûkan
vocative pirtûkê pirtûkino
indefinite feminine gender
case singular plural
nominative pirtûkek pirtûkin
construct pirtûkeke pirtûkine
oblique pirtûkekê pirtûkinan

Further reading

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “pirtûk”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 458b