قوال

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَوَّال (qawwāl, “talkative”).

Noun

قوال • (kaval)

1. a type of woodwind instrument
2. smooth bore gun barrel
   • 1917, Efrat-ı cedideye mahsus topçuluk dersleri‎^[1]:

     س – قاچطورلو طوپ واردر؟
     ج – علی العموم قوال و ششخانه‌لی نامیله ایكی طورلو طوپ واردر.

     S – Kaç türlü top vardır?
     C – Alelumum kaval ve şeşhaneli namile iki türlü top vardır.

     Q – How many types of cannon are there?
     A – In general, there are two types called smoothbore and rifled.

Descendants

• Turkish: kaval
• → Armenian: խավալ (xaval), կավալ (kaval), ղավալ (ġaval)
• ‌‌→ Azerbaijani: qaval
• → Romanian: caval

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قوال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 974b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kaval”, in Nişanyan Sözlük