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hacat

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Arabic حَاجَة (ḥāja).

Noun

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hacat ?

  1. tool, implement
  2. instrument
  3. device
  4. apparatus
  5. appliance

Alternative forms

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Synonyms

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Seri

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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hacat (article com, plural hácataj)

  1. shark
    Synonym: tohni (archaic)

Usage notes

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This is the most generic term for “shark”. Names of particular species of sharks are often compounds of this word, e.g. hacat cmaam (diamond stingray, literally female shark), hacat coospoj (leopard shark, literally painted shark), hacat coospoj caacoj (tiger shark, literally big painted shark), hacat cooxp (great white shark, literally white shark), etc.

References

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  • Moser, Mary B., Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN, page 310.