şikev

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• şkev

Etymology

Cognate with Persian سنگاب.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈkɛv/

Noun

şikev f (Arabic spelling شکەڤ)

1. trough
2. tub, wash basin
3. barrel

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “şikev”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 582