xêvet

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic خَيْمَة (ḵayma, “tent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeːˈvɛt/

Noun

Central Kurdish	خێوەت (xêwet)

xêvet f (Arabic spelling خێڤەت)

1. tent, white canvas tent

   Synonym: çadir

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “xêvet”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 660