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کەرکووک

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Central Kurdish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic كَرْكُوك (karkūk), from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܟܲܪܟ݂ܵܐ (karḵā), from Aramaic כַּרְכָא (karḵā), from either Demotic Egyptian grg or from the root ܟ ܪ ܟ (k r k) related to encircling.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Northern Kurdish Kerkûk
Central Kurdish کەرکووک (kerkûk)

کەرکووک (kerkûk)

  1. Kirkuk (a city in northeastern Iraq)
  2. Kirkuk (a governorate in northeastern Iraq)