خەست

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms
  • ھەس (hes)

Etymology

Compare Armenian հաստ (hast).

Adjective

خەست (xest)[1][2][3]

Northern Kurdish xest
Central Kurdish خەست (xest)
  1. thick, viscous, syrupy (of liquid)
  2. strong (of tea, coffee, etc.)

Derived terms
  • خەستە (xeste, “curdled, condensed; curds”)

References
  1. Kurdojev, K. K., Jusupova, Z. A. (1983) “خەست”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 250a
  2. Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “خەست”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 245a
  3. Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “xest II”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 364b
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