tixûb

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܬܚܘܼܡܵܐ (tḥūmā), from Aramaic תְּחוּם (təḥūm, “border, limit”). 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[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 623
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