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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish حواوی, an oblique plural form of Arabic حَوَال (ḥawāl) used as a nominative singular in Turkish.
Noun
havali (definite accusative havaliyi, plural havaliler)
- neighborhood, vicinity, environs
- region, surroundings
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “havali”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حواوی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 811
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN