Contionary:خ

Syrian

Etymology

From Classical Incene ـگؤ‎ (-go’), ـخؤ‎ (-ḵo’), from Proto-Cuyic *-ɢòs. Cognate with Oypatha -ᠻᠥ (-xȍ), Latin -kus, and Greek -κός (-kós).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /-(a)x/ (standard)
• IPA: [-(ɐ)x] (northern)
• IPA: [-(ɐ)x] (southern)

Suffix

ـخ (-aḵ)

1. forms adjectives from nouns with the meaning "typical of", "possessing a quality of"
2. forms adjectives from roots of proper nouns with the meaning "Of, belonging or relating to"

   يۈنى (yône) → يۈنخ (yôneḵ) — Greek

   پرس (pares) → پرسخ (parsaḵ) — Persian

   اسۈر (esôr) → سۈرخ (sôraḵ) — Turkish; Sysian

   اشم (eššem) → عرڤخ (eššemaḵ) — Syrian

   مكراس (mikrâs) → مكراسخ (mikrâsaḵ) — Anatolian

   عرڤ (’erev) → عرڤخ (’erveḵ) — Arabic, Arabian

Related terms

• ـك (-k)