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Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Turkish karavul (“guard, outpost”). Compare Tatar каравыл (qarawıl), Kazakh қарауыл (qarauyl). Ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯ (qaraɣul).
Pronunciation
Noun
qerewil m (Arabic spelling قەرەول)
- guard, sentinel, sentry, watchman
Derived terms
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “qerewil”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 482