کەنیشک

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *kanyáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *ken-. Compare Baluchi (kinišk), Persian (kanizak) and Parthian 𐫑𐫗𐫏𐫝𐫃 (qnycg /⁠kanīžag⁠/). Doublet of کچ (kiç) and کەنی (kenî).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaniːʃk/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	kenîşk

کەنیشک (kenîşk)

Derived terms

کەنیشکی (kenîşkî)

References

Hejar (1990), “کەنیشک”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 671
Wahby, T.; Edmonds, C. J. (1966), “kenîshk”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 74

Gurani

Noun

کەنیشک (kanīşk)

Usage notes

Present only in some dialects, since the principal Gorani dialects chiefly have, instead, the word کەناچێ (kenāçê).