tixûb

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Aramaic תְּחוּם‎ (təḥūm, “border, limit”) or Classical Syriac ܬܚܘܡܐ‎. Compare Arabic تُخْم‎ (tuḵm).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɪˈxuːb/

Noun
Central Kurdish تخووب‎ (txûb)

tixûb m or f (Arabic spelling تخووب‎)

  1. border, limit, boundary

References
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “tixûb”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press
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