مەکتووب

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَكْتُوب‎ (maktūb). [1]

Noun

مەکتووب (mektûb)

(Iraq) letter (a document)

Usage notes

In Iraqi Sorani نامە‎ (name) is preferred in usage by purists over مەکتووب‎ (mektûb).

Synonyms

نامە‎ (name)
کاغەز‎ (kaẍez)

References

Hasanpoor, Jafar (1999) A Study of European, Persian and Arabic Loans in Standard Sorani (Reports on Asian and African Studies; 1), Uppsala: Uppsala University, page 123

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