قسڵ

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic كِلْس (kils), from Classical Syriac ܟܠܫܐ, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qəsɫ/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	kisl

قسڵ (qisḷ, qisiḷ)

1. (mineralogy) lime

Synonyms

• ئاھەک (ahek)

Derived terms

• قسڵاو (qisllaw)

References

• îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “قسڵ”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî, Tehran: suha, page 777
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “qisiḻ”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 116