Central Kurdish

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Etymology

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A Turkic borrowing, compare Turkish köle, Azerbaijani kölə. Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kȫle.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Northern Kurdish kole

کۆیلە (koyle)

  1. slave
    Synonyms: بەردە (berde), بەندە (bende), عەبد ('ebd), غوڵام (ẍullam), قول (qul)

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