حولا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَوْلَاء‎ (ḥawlāʔ), feminine singular of أَحْوَل‎ (ʔaḥwal).[1]

Adjective

حولا • (havla)

  1. squinting, squint-eyed[1]
    Synonym: شاشی‎ (şaşı)

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “حولا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 813
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