Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic خلق. Cognate with Turkish halk, Uyghur خەلق (xelq).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Central Kurdish خەڵک (xellk)

xelq m (Arabic spelling خەلق)

  1. people, nation, folk
  2. inhabitants, population, tribe
  3. 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