qewl

English

Etymology 1

Sensational spelling.

Adjective

qewl

1. (slang, nonstandard) Rare form of cool.

Etymology 2

From Northern Kurdish qewl (“word, speech”), from Arabic قول (qawl).

Noun

qewl (plural qewls)

1. (ethnomusicology, religion) A Yazidi hymn.
   • 2017 September 13, Alex Cuadros, “Songs from Sinjar”, in Lapham’s Quarterly‎^[1], retrieved 2020-07-03:

     In Kurmanji, the dialect spoken by most Yezidis and northern Kurds, the holiest of hymns is a qewl.