خوال
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xʷɑːl]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xɑːl]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [xɑːl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [xɔːl̥]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xɒːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χɔl]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xwāl |
| Dari reading? | xāl |
| Iranian reading? | xâl |
| Tajik reading? | xol |
Etymology 1
Akin to Old Armenian խոհ (xoh), an Iranian borrowing.
Alternative forms
- خوالی (xvâli)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Iranian *hwarda-. Cognate with Northern Kurdish xwelî, which see for more.
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خوال”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*hṷar1”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 147
- Horn, Paul (1893) “xvālīden”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 500, page 111
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