hewl

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic حاول (ḥāwala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛwl/

Noun

hewl f (Arabic spelling هەول)

  1. attempt, try, effort, endeavor

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “hewl”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 247
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