xilmaş

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Aramaic חלמא (ḥelmā, “dream”), Classical Syriac ܚܠܡܐ (khilma, “dream”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɪlˈmɑːʃ/

Noun

xilmaş f (Arabic spelling خلماش)

1. drowsiness, dozing off

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “xilmaş”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 660