qerewil

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Turkish karavul (“guard, outpost”). Compare Tatar каравыл (qarawıl), Kazakh қарауыл (qarauyl). Ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯ (qaraɣul).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qɛɾɛˈwɪl/

Noun

qerewil m (Arabic spelling قەرەول)

1. guard, sentinel, sentry, watchman

Derived terms

• qerewiltî

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “qerewil”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 482