xelq
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Northern Kurdish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic خلق. Cognate with Turkish halk, Uyghur خەلق (xelq).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
| Central Kurdish | خەڵک (xellk) |
|---|
xelq m (Arabic spelling خەلق)
- people, nation, folk
- inhabitants, population, tribe
- others, other people who are not relatives, strangers
References[edit]
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “xelq”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 653
Categories:
- Northern Kurdish terms borrowed from Arabic
- Northern Kurdish terms derived from Arabic
- Northern Kurdish 1-syllable words
- Northern Kurdish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Northern Kurdish/ɛlq
- Rhymes:Northern Kurdish/ɛlq/1 syllable
- Northern Kurdish lemmas
- Northern Kurdish nouns
- Northern Kurdish masculine nouns