Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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Compare Aramaic חלמא (ḥelmā, dream), Classical Syriac ܚܠܡܐ (khilma, dream).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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xilmaş f (Arabic spelling خلماش)

  1. drowsiness, dozing off

References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “xilmaş”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 660