xilmaş
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Northern Kurdish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Aramaic חלמא (ḥelmā, “dream”), Classical Syriac ܚܠܡܐ (khilma, “dream”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]xilmaş f (Arabic spelling خلماش)
- drowsiness, dozing off
References
[edit]- 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