قوال

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَوَّال (qawwāl, talkative).

Noun

قوال (kaval)

  1. a type of woodwind instrument
  2. smooth bore gun barrel
    • 1917, Efrat-ı cedideye mahsus topçuluk dersleri:
      س – قاچطورلو طوپ واردر؟
      ج – علی العموم قوال و ششخانه‌لی نامیله ایكی طورلو طوپ واردر.
      S – Kaç türlü top vardır?
      C – Alelumum kaval ve şeşhaneli namile iki türlü top vardır.
      Q – How many types of cannon are there?
      A – In general, there are two types called smoothbore and rifled.

Descendants

  • Turkish: kaval
  • Armenian: խավալ (xaval), կավալ (kaval), ղավալ (ġaval)
  • ‌‌ Azerbaijani: qaval
  • Romanian: caval

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قوال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 974b
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kaval”, in Nişanyan Sözlük