kevjal

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian خرچنگ (xarčang), Middle Armenian քարժանկ (kʻaržank).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛvˈʒɑːl/

Noun

Central Kurdish	قِرژاڵ (qirjall)
Southern Kurdish	قِرژِنگ (qirjing)
Zazaki	kerkınc
Gurani	qirjangî

kevjal f (Arabic spelling که‌ڤژال)

1. crab

Dialectal variants

• kevjinik
• kevjnîk
• kêvjing
• kêfşing
• kevlaj
• kêvjar

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “kevjal”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 313