خَلِيج
ḫaľíg
basic morphological information

n.

Gulf countries, the UAE
Страны Персидского залива, ОАЭ
دول الخليج، الإمارات العربية المتحدة
CSOL II 492; CSOL III
text examples

a. gedóḥoʰ ṭeʸh šouḥέroʰ men ḫaľíg wa-ˀaˁbéroʰ tho béḳšeʰ ˁemέroʰ ˁábir énhi feľáneʰ deš béḳšeʰ di-ḥaʰ šáˁbork kens wa-ṭáhɛrk diˀáḷ ˁážeʰ wa-ˀáˁbork tos díˀseʰ béḳšeʰ wa-šáˁbéroʰ wa-ˁemέroʰ ľiľέ bes áḷḷaʰ deš ˁážeʰ wa-ľiľέ beš iʰ di-raḥš ‘A woman came from the Gulf, and handed over to me a parcel in a bundle. She said: “Hand this bundle over to a woman so-and-so on my behalf.” I went to the woman and handed over to her this bundle. And she said: “May God keep her in his hands, that woman! And may He keep also you in his hands, you who have brought (this to me)!”’ (CSOL III 19:44)

b. tóˀo ṭéher ḥer díˀʸho έˀɛfo ḫaľíg netézyoʰ ḥe wa-bíŝi di-ˀö́ṣaḷ ḥe be-nέfaˁ ‘Since my parents have left today for the Emirates, I’m alone and have nobody to help me with my work’ (CSOL II 13:12)

c. émṭaˀk díˀʸho ḳáḳaʰ kor tenokíˁin énhi éḳrɛf di-dhab men ḫaľíg ‘I instructed my sister to bring me a few golden bracelets from the Emirates’ (CSOL II 15:1)

etymology

Borrowed from Arabic (Wehr 293, Qafisheh 194)