xelq

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic خلق. Cognate with Turkish halk, Uyghur خەلق (xelq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛlq/
• Rhymes: -ɛlq

Noun

Central Kurdish	خەڵک (xellk)

xelq m (Arabic spelling خەلق)

1. people, nation, folk
2. inhabitants, population, tribe
3. others, other people who are not relatives, strangers

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “xelq”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 653