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Central Kurdish
Etymology
Compare Armenian հաստ (hast).
Adjective
خەست (xest)[1][2][3]
| Northern Kurdish
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xest
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| Central Kurdish
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خەست (xest)
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- thick, viscous, syrupy (of liquid)
- strong (of tea, coffee, etc.)
Derived terms
- خەستە (xeste, “curdled, condensed; curds”)
References
- ^ Kurdojev, K. K., Jusupova, Z. A. (1983) “خەست”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 250a
- ^ Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “خەست”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 245a
- ^ Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “xest II”, in Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Государственное издательство иностранных и национальных словарей, page 364b