Northern Kurdish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic حَنَك (ḥanak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Central Kurdish حەنەک (ḧenek)
Southern Kurdish ھەنەک (henek)
Laki ھەنەک (henek)

henek f[2][1]

  1. joke

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հանաք (hanakʻ)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Orbeli, I. A. (2002) “henek”, in Курдско-русский словарь (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.2)‎[1] (in Russian), edited by Ž. S. Musaeljan and I. I. Cukerman from the author's manuscript written during his 1911–1912 Moks expedition, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 88a
  2. ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “ḧenek”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[2], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 272a

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