خوال

See also: جوال and حوال

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xʷɑːl]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑːl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑːl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔːl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒːl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔl]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xwāl
Dari reading^?	xāl
Iranian reading^?	xâl
Tajik reading^?	xol

Etymology 1

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

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Perhaps from Proto-Iranian *hṷar (“to consume, eat”), itself probably etymologically identical to *hṷar (“to take”)? Further connections outside of Iranian are uncertain; see Cheung for more on the root(s).^[1] On the other hand, Horn tentatively connects this to Old Armenian քաղցր (kʻałcʻr).^[2]”

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

^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*hṷar1”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 147
^ Horn, Paul (1893) “x^vālīden”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 500, page 111

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*hṷar1”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 147

[2] Horn, Paul (1893) “x^vālīden”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 500, page 111

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