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kirkuk

/kˌɪɹkˈʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables
kirkuk
IPA
/kˌɪɹkˈʊk/
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in northeastern Iraq.

name

A governorate in northeastern Iraq.

Etymology

Borrowed from Kurdish Kerkûk / کەرکووک (kerkûk), from Arabic كَرْكُوك (karkūk), from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܟܲܪܟ݂ܵܐ (karḵā), from Aramaic כַּרְכָא (karḵā), from either Demotic Egyptian grg or from the root ܟ ܪ ܟ (k r k) related to encircling.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: كَرْكُوك, ܟܲܪܟ݂ܵܐ, כַּרְכָא, grg, ܟ ܪ ܟ

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce kirkuk?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˌɪɹkˈʊk/.
What does kirkuk mean?
A city in northeastern Iraq.
Where does kirkuk come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

How to pronounce kirkuk

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