mirîşk

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Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From *murγ (bird) from Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáh (bird). Compare Middle Persian (mwlw' /⁠murw⁠/), Parthian (mwrg /⁠murγ⁠/), Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (mərəγa), Pashto مرغه (mërğë), Ossetian маргъ (marǧ), Baluchi مرگ (murg), Old Armenian սիրամարգ (siramarg) and լորամարգ (loramarg).

Pronunciation

Noun

Central Kurdish مْریشک (mirîşk)
Southern Kurdish مامر (mamir)

mirîşk f (Arabic spelling مريشک)

  1. chicken

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “mirîşk”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 390