havali

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حواوی, an oblique plural form of Arabic حَوَال (ḥawāl) used as a nominative singular in Turkish.

Noun

havali (definite accusative havaliyi, plural havaliler)

1. neighborhood, vicinity, environs
2. region, surroundings

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “havali”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حواوی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 811
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN