مەکتووب

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَكْتُوب (maktūb). [1]

Noun

مەکتووب (mektûb)

(Iraq) letter (a document)

Usage notes

In Iraqi Sorani نامە (name) is preferred in usage by purists over مەکتووب (mektûb).

Synonyms

نامە (name)
کاغەز (kaẍez)

References

Hasanpoor, Jafar (1999) A Study of European, Persian and Arabic Loans in Standard Sorani (Reports on Asian and African Studies; 1), Uppsala: Uppsala University, page 123

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