wek

Meaning

Prep

1. as
2. similar to, resembling

Conj

while

Etymology

Several possibilities, which one is true is uncertain. Perhaps from ew + -ek (lit. "an it") or we + -ek (lit. "a so") or from "ew e ku" ("it is that") or from we + ku ("so that"). For the last two compare nek from ne ku ("unless"; lit. "not that"). Compare Central Kurdish وەکوو (wekû, “as, like”) which seems to rule out a few of these with the -û-, but it's possible it is loaned from Northern Kurdish. Dialectally used in the same way the -ek suffix is used (wekî, weke, weka, etc.).

Sentences

Şeva te wek cil be.

May your night be like a dress.

Wek kulîlkên xemlê tên mezinkirin.

They are grown as ornamental flowers.

Meta min pirtûkek wek diyariya sersalê da min .

My mother gave me a book as a Christmas present.

Lê ev parvekirin ne wek hev e; hin caran roj dirêj in.

But this sharing is not the same; sometimes the days are long.

Li herêmên bandorgirtî, piraniya pisporan pratîkek wek mesafeya civakî tê zanîn pêşniyaz dikin .

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