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Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *Hhúškah (“dry”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsúškas (“dry”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews- (“to be dry”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬱𐬐𐬀 (huška, “dry”), Sanskrit शुष्क (śúṣka, “dry”) Persian خشک (xošk, “dry”), Pashto وچ (wəč).
Pronunciation
Adjective
| Central Kurdish
|
وشک (wişk)
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| Southern Kurdish
|
وِشک (wişk)
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| Laki
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ھوِشک (hwişk)
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| Zazaki
|
wişk
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hişk (comparative hişktir, superlative hişktirîn, Arabic spelling هشک)
- dry
- hard
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