xilwet

Concepts

monastery

cloister

convent

Synonyms

peristgeh

pîrozgeh

Translations

Kloster

monastère

klooster

monasterio

monastero

monestir

monasterium

μοναστήρι

manastır

mosteiro

monastério

couvent

μονή

convento

Pronounced as (IPA)

/xɪlˈwɛt/

Etymology

Cognate with Ottoman Turkish: خلوت

Cognate with Persian: خلوت

Cognate with Arabic: خَلْوَة

In summary

Compare Ottoman Turkish خلوت (halvet, “solitude; hermitage; privacy”), Persian خلوت (xalvat, “uncrowded, alone”), Arabic خَلْوَة (ḵalwa, “solitude, privacy”).