pirtûk

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• pertok, pertûk, pirtok

Etymology

Compare Old Armenian պրտու (prtu, “paper reed”), of which the papyrus is made.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪɾˈtuːk/
• Rhymes: -uːkˤ

pirtûk

Noun

pirtûk f

Central Kurdish	پەرتووک (pertûk)

1. book

   Synonym: kitêb

   Ev pirtûka bavê min e.

   This is the book of my father.

Declension

Declension of pirtûk

definite feminine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	pirtûk	pirtûk
construct	pirtûka	pirtûkên
oblique	pirtûkê	pirtûkan
demonstrative oblique	wê pirtûkê	wan pirtûkan
vocative	pirtûkê	pirtûkino
indefinite feminine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	pirtûkek	pirtûkin
construct	pirtûkeke	pirtûkine
oblique	pirtûkekê	pirtûkinan

Further reading

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “pirtûk”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 458b