xwelî

Meaning

1. (feminine) ash(es)
2. (dialectal, feminine) dust, dirt, soil, earth, ground

Concepts

cinder

ground

soil

ash

Synonyms

خۆڵهمێش

Translations

kül

Asche

cendra

cendre

Erdboden

Erde

Staub

στάχτη

τέφρα

cendre

cenere

cinis

as

asse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/xʷɛˈliː/

Etymology

Cognate with Central Kurdish: خۆڵ

Cognate with Eshtehardi: xola

Cognate with Persian: خوال

Cognate with Zaza: wel

Cognate with Classical Armenian: հող

Cognate with Aghwan: 𐕆𐕒𐔾

Cognate with Turkish: holi

In summary

From Proto-Iranian *hwarda-, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo-, from *swerd- (“dirty, dark, black”), whence Proto-Germanic *swartaz (“black”). The Iranian cognates include Central Kurdish خۆڵ (xoll, “earth”), Chali Tati [script needed] (xōla), Eshtehardi xola (“ash”), Bakhtiari [script needed] (hōl, xōl, hul, “ash”), Gurani [script needed] (hūl, “ashy (in color)”), [script needed] (xul, “ash”), Persian خوال (xvâl, “soot”), Zazaki wel (“ash”).
Old Armenian հող (hoł, “earth, soil”), Aghwan 𐕆𐕒𐔾 (hol, “clay”), and dialectal Turkish holi (“earth, soil”) are borrowed from Iranian.
Doublet of hox.