خوال

See also: جوال‎ and حوال‎

Persian

Alternative forms

خوالی‎ (xvālī)

Etymology 1

Akin to Old Armenian խոհ (xoh), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

خوال • (xvāl)

food

Etymology 2

Perhaps akin to Persian obsolete ‎ (xard, “mud”) or ‎ (xâl, “mole”).

Noun

خوال • (xvāl)

soot

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “خوال”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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