xilwet

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Ottoman Turkish ⁧خلوت⁩ (halvet, “solitude; hermitage; privacy”), Persian ⁧خلوت⁩ (xalvat, “uncrowded, alone”), Arabic ⁧خَلْوَة⁩ (ḵalwa, “solitude, privacy”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xɪlˈwɛt/

Noun

xilwet f

  1. monastery
    • c. 1620, Feqiyê Teyran, a poem
      Nezer bi ya dêm der diket
      Dîn bû di nîva xelwetê
      Ji xelwetê ew dîn dibû
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