qirax

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *kïr-. Compare Azerbaijani qıraq (edge, outskirts), Uyghur قىرغاق (qirghaq, “edge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qɪˈɾɑːx/

Noun

qirax ? (Arabic spelling قراخ)

1. edge
2. outskirts
3. border

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “qirax”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 489