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, page 623
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