The story
- Demotic Egyptian · derived fromgrg
- Aramaic · derived fromכַּרְכָא
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · derived fromܟܲܪܟ݂ܵܐ
- Arabic · derived fromكَرْكُوك
- English todayKirkuk
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.