heval

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Iranian *ham- (“together, joint”) + *Hárθam, with the latter descending from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hártʰam (“affair; object; purpose”). For a similar construction, see Sanskrit समर्थ (samartha, “having a similar or suitable aim or object”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛˈvɑːl/
• Hyphenation: he‧val

Noun

heval m or f (Arabic spelling ھەڤال)

1. friend
2. comrade

Declension

Definite feminine and masculine gender
Case	Feminine (sg)	Masculine (sg)	Plural
Nominative	heval	heval	heval
Construct	hevala	hevalê	hevalên
Oblique	hevalê	hevalî	hevalan
Demonstrative oblique	wê hevalê	wî hevalî	wan hevalan
Vocative	hevalê	hevalo	hevalino
Indefinite feminine and masculine gender
Case	Feminine (sg)	Masculine (sg)	Plural
Nominative	hevalek	hevalek	hevalin
Construct	hevaleke	hevalekî	hevaline
Oblique	hevalekê	hevalekî	hevalinan

Declension of heval

Derived terms

• hevalnav
• hevaltî
• hevalî
• keçheval
• kurheval

 

Further reading

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “heval”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 308

Zazaki

Noun

heval

1. elegy, requiem