xelq
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic خلق. Cognate with Turkish halk, Uyghur خەلق (xelq).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Central Kurdish | خەڵک (xellk) |
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xelq m (Arabic spelling خەلق)
- people, nation, folk
- inhabitants, population, tribe
- others, other people who are not relatives, strangers
References edit
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “xelq”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 653