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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
Noun
| Central Kurdish
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هێلکە (hêlke)
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hêk f (Arabic spelling هێک)
- 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