qirax

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qɪˈɾɑːx/

Noun

qirax ? (Arabic spelling قراخ)

  1. edge
  2. outskirts
  3. border

References

  • 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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