قسڵ

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic كِلْس (kils), from Classical Syriac ܟܠܫܐ, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qəsɫ/

Noun
Northern Kurdish kisl

قسڵ (qisḷ, qisiḷ)

  1. (mineralogy) lime

Synonyms
  • ئاھەک (ahek)

Derived terms
  • قسڵاو (qisllaw)

References
  • îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “قسڵ”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 777
  • Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “qisiḻ”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 116
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