وشک

See also: وشك, مشک, and پشک

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hhúškah (“dry”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsúškas (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews- (“to be dry”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬱𐬐𐬀 (huška, “dry”), Sanskrit शुष्क (śúṣka, “dry”) Persian خشک (xošk, “dry”), Pashto وچ (wəč).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wəʃk/

Adjective

Northern Kurdish	hişk

وشک (wişk)

1. dry
2. arid

Derived terms

وشکی (wişkî)

References

• Hejar (1990) “وشک”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 912
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “wushk”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 154