qesp

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Arabic قصب (qaṣab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qɛsp/

Noun

Central Kurdish	قەسپ (qesp)

qesp f (Arabic spelling قەسپ)

1. dates, especially light, dry and hard ones

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “qesp”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 484