tixûb

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Central Kurdish تخووب (txûb)

tixûb m or f (Arabic spelling تخووب)

  1. border, limit, boundary

References[edit]

  • 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