qerewil

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

qerewil m (Arabic spelling قەرەول)

  1. guard, sentinel, sentry, watchman

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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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