xet

From Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ), verbal noun of خَطَّ (ḵaṭṭa, “to draw; to write; to carve”), derived from the root خ ط ط (ḵ ṭ ṭ).

• IPA^(key): /xɛt/

xet m or f (Arabic spelling خەت)

1. line

   Synonym: rêz

2. furrow

   Synonym: şov

3. (in the plural) handwriting, script

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “xet”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 400

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xet (definite form xet gi)

1. odor

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 259