qerewil

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Turkish karavul (“guard, outpost”). Compare Tatar каравыл (qarawıl), Kazakh қарауыл (qarauyl). Ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯ (qaraɣul).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qɛɾɛˈwɪl/

Noun

qerewil m (Arabic spelling قەرەول)

  1. guard, sentinel, sentry, watchman

Derived terms

  • qerewiltî

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “qerewil”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 482
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