Where does “hewl” come from?

hewl (Northern Kurdish) comes from Arabic حاول, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

hewl (Northern Kurdish): attempt, try, effort, endeavor

Definitions

  1. attempt, try, effort, endeavor

Ancestry of “hewl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحاولto try; to seek
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →
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