henek

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic حَنَك (ḥanak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛˈnɛk/

Noun

Central Kurdish حەنەک (ḧenek)
Southern Kurdish ھەنەک (henek)
Laki ھەنەک (henek)

henek f[2][1]

  1. joke

Derived terms

  • henekçî

Descendants

  • Armenian: հանաք (hanakʻ)

References

  1. Orbeli, I. A. (2002) “henek”, in Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.2) (in Russian), edited by Ž. S. Musaeljan and I. I. Cukerman from the author's manuscript written during his 1911–1912 Moks expedition, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 88a
  2. Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “ḧenek”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 272a

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