xilmaş
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Compare Aramaic חלמא (ḥelmā, “dream”), Classical Syriac ܚܠܡܐ (khilma, “dream”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɪlˈmɑːʃ/
Noun
xilmaş f (Arabic spelling خلماش)
- drowsiness, dozing off
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “xilmaş”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press