خلوت
Arabic
Verb
خلوت (form I)
- خَلَوْتُ (ḵalawtu) /xa.law.tu/: first-person singular past active of خَلَا (ḵalā)
- خَلَوْتَ (ḵalawta) /xa.law.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of خَلَا (ḵalā)
- خَلَوْتِ (ḵalawti) /xa.law.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of خَلَا (ḵalā)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Noun
خلوت • (halvet)
- solitude; privacy
- private place; hermitage
- wilderness
Descendants
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “halvet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خلوت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 861
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَلْوَة (ḵalwa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /xal.ˈwat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xäl.wät̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xæl.væt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χäl.vät̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xalwat |
| Dari reading? | xalwat |
| Iranian reading? | xalvat |
| Tajik reading? | xalvat |
Adjective
خلوت • (xalvat) (comparative خلوتتَر, superlative خلوتتَرین)
- uncrowded, with few people
- Antonym: شلوغ (šoluġ)
- آن کوچه خیلی خلوت بود.
- ân kuče xeyli xalvat bud.
- That alley was very uncrowded.
- alone
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 1581:
- فعل دارد زن که خلوت میکند.
- fe'l dârad zan ke xalvat mi-konad.
- My wife has an [evil] design, for she is making arrangements to be alone.