چۆک
Appearance
Central Kurdish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A Turkic borrowing. Compare Turkish çökmek (“to kneel”) and Azerbaijani çökmək (“to kneel”). Replaced native ئەژنۆ (ejno) in some dialects.
Noun
[edit]Northern Kurdish | çok |
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چۆک (çok)
- (Mukri) knee
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- سەرچۆک (serçok)
- چۆکانی (çokanî)
- چۆکدادان (çokdadan)
- چۆکدان (çokdan)
- چۆکدانە سەر (çokdane ser)
- چۆکھەڵدان (çokhelldan)
- چۆکھەڵنان (çokhellnan)
- چۆکھەڵھێنان (çokhellhênan)
- ھاتْنە سەر چۆک (hatine ser çok)
References
[edit]- îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “چۆک”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 321
- Thackston, W. M. (2006) “chok”, in Sorani Kurdish: A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings, Lecture Notes, Iranian Studies, Harvard University, page 176