kevjal

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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Compare Persian خرچنگ (xarčang), Middle Armenian քարժանկ (kʻaržank).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Central Kurdish قِرژاڵ (qirjall)
Southern Kurdish قِرژِنگ (qirjing)
Zazaki kerkınc
Gurani qirjangî

kevjal f (Arabic spelling که‌ڤژال)

  1. crab

Dialectal variants

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References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “kevjal”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 313