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Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Persian پیکر (paykar), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭲𐭪𐭫 (ptkl /patkar, pahikar/, “picture, image”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼 (patikara), from Proto-Iranian *patikárah. Compare Armenian պատկեր (patker).
Pronunciation
Noun
peyker m (Arabic spelling پهیکهر)
- statue, piece of sculpture
- Synonym: heykel
- form, image
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “peyker”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 445