hêk

See also: hek

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hāwyám (compare Persian خایه (xâye), Ossetian айк (ajk), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬨 (aēm)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hāwyám, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”) (compare Armenian ձու (ju), English egg, Italian uovo, Russian яйцо́ (jajcó)).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eːkˤ

Noun
Central Kurdish هێلکە (hêlke)

hêk f (Arabic spelling هێک)

  1. egg
    Synonym: hêlik

References
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “hêk”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 249
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