خوال

See also: جوال‎ and حوال‎

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xʷɑːl/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /xɑːl/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /xɒːl/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /xɔl/

Etymology 1

Akin to Old Armenian խոհ (xoh), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

خوال • (xvâl)

food

Alternative forms

خوالی‎ (xvâli)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian *hwarda-. Cognate with Northern Kurdish xwelî, which see for more.

Noun

خوال • (xvâl)

soot

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “خوال”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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