خاولی

See also: خاولي and حاولی

Central Kurdish

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing. Compare Ottoman Turkish خاولی (havlu) and Turkish havlu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaːu̯liː/

Noun

Northern Kurdish xawlî

خاولی (xawlî)

  1. towel

References

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • خاولو (havlu), حاولی (havlu), حاولو (havlu), هاولی (havlu), هاولو (havlu)

Etymology

خاو (hav, fuzz, down) +‎ ـلی (-lu).

Noun

خاولی • (havlu)

  1. towel
    Synonym: پیشگیر (peşgir, peşkir)
  2. serviette, handkerchief, napkin
    Synonym: مندیل (mendil)

Descendants

  • Turkish: havlu
  • Albanian: havlli, havliGheg, avlli, avli
  • Iraqi Arabic: خاولي (ḵāwlī)
  • Armenian: խավլու (xavlu)
  • Bulgarian: хавли́я (havlíja)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: xawlî
    Central Kurdish: خاولی (xawlî)
  • Persian: حوله (howle)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ха̀влија
    Latin script: hàvlija

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