Where does “pirtûkhez” come from?

pirtûkhez (Northern Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish hez, from Old Iranian hazya.

pirtûkhez (Northern Kurdish): bibliophile

Definitions

  1. bibliophile

Ancestry of “pirtûkhez”, step by step

pirtûkhez traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Northern Kurdish hez

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishhezlove
2Old Iranianhazya—

via Northern Kurdish pirtûk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishpirtûkbook

Words derived from “pirtûkhez”

Every word from Old Iranian hazya →Every word from Northern Kurdish hez →