xilmaş
Northern Kurdish
editEtymology
editCompare Aramaic חלמא (ḥelmā, “dream”), Classical Syriac ܚܠܡܐ (khilma, “dream”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editxilmaş f (Arabic spelling خلماش)
- drowsiness, dozing off
References
edit- 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