English

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Etymology 1

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Sensational spelling.

Adjective

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qewl

  1. (slang, nonstandard) Rare form of cool.

Etymology 2

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From Northern Kurdish qewl (word, speech), from Arabic قول (qawl).

Noun

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qewl (plural qewls)

  1. (ethnomusicology, religion) A Yazidi hymn.
    • 2017 September 13, Alex Cuadros, “Songs from Sinjar”, in Lapham’s Quarterly[1], retrieved 2020-07-03:
      In Kurmanji, the dialect spoken by most Yezidis and northern Kurds, the holiest of hymns is a qewl.