cahil

• cahêl, cihêl — in the sense of “young”
• cahîl — in the sense of “ignorant”

From Arabic جَاهِل (jāhil, “ignorant”), derived from the active participle of جَهِلَ (jahila, “to be ignorant”), derived from the root ج ه ل (j h l).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑːˈhɪl/

cahil (comparative cahiltir, superlative herî cahil or tewrî cahil, Arabic spelling جاهل)

1. young, immature

   Synonyms: ciwan, naşî, xort

   Antonyms: kal, mezin, pîr, sere

2. inexperienced, naive

   Synonyms: naşî, nestêl, nezan, xam

3. illiterate, ignorant, uneducated

   Synonym: nexwendî

• cahilî

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “cahil”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 101

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جاهل (cahil, “ignorant, stupid”), from Arabic جَاهِل (jāhil).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaːˈhil/
• Hyphenation: ca‧hil

cahil

1. ignorant, uneducated

• “cahil”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “cahil”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “cahil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük