çol
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
A Turkic borrowing; compare Turkish çöl, Azerbaijani çöl. Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čöl (“steppe, desert”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃoːl/
Noun
| Central Kurdish | چۆڵ (çoll) |
|---|---|
| Southern Kurdish | چووڵ (çûll) |
| Laki | چووڵ (çûll) |
çol f
- desert, wilderness, prairie, steppe
- pasture
- mountain
Derived terms
- çolî
- çolistan
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “çol”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press