English
Kirkuk
Kirkuk comes from Arabic كَرْكُوك, and goes back to Aramaic כַּרְכָא ‘walled city or town, fortress’.
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכַּרְכָאkarḵā‘walled city or town, fortress’
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaicmodernܟܲܪܟ݂ܵܐkarḵā
- Arabicc. 500–presentكَرْكُوكkarkūk
- EnglishtodayKirkuk
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכַּרְכָאkarḵā‘walled city or town, fortress’
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaicmodernܟܲܪܟ݂ܵܐkarḵā
- Arabicc. 500–presentكَرْكُوكkarkūk
- EnglishtodayKirkuk
Every English word from Aramaic כַּרְכָא
Today it means
name A city in northeastern Iraq.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Aramaic כַּרְכָא / Kirkuk