xilwet

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Ottoman Turkish خلوت (halvet, “solitude; hermitage; privacy”), Persian خلوت (xalvat, “uncrowded, alone”), Arabic خَلْوَة (ḵalwa, “solitude, privacy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɪlˈwɛt/

Noun

xilwet f

1. monastery
   • c. 1620, Feqiyê Teyran, a poem

     Nezer bi ya dêm der diket
     Dîn bû di nîva xelwetê
     Ji xelwetê ew dîn dibû

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