Talk:Khalwa (school)

Down rating to C
@Chidgk1 I assumed the article is a B (as set by the B criteria) and close to a GA. Please feel free to provide information on how to push the article to B? FuzzyMagma (talk) 11:36, 3 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Once it has gone through DYK I suggest you nominate it for GA. As GA nominations usually sit in the queue for a few months that will likely give you plenty of time to expand the article. For example perhaps there might be statistics of how many children attend khalwa or studies of how this schooling helps or hinders state schools. What does the Education Ministry think about them? Do all Muslim leaders support them and if not why not? Is there a difference between first-born sons and later sons? Do girls want to attend such schools? Why are the sheiks respected? A few sentences comparing these schools to those in other countries such as Egypt might also be interesting. And perhaps compare with any Christian schools in Sudan or South Sudan. Are boys from such schools more or less likely to become fighters in the current troubles and why? Chidgk1 (talk) 12:04, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * These are really valuable insights. I guess the significance section will expand with these questions. I will also go through the structure of the thesis in the further reading section FuzzyMagma (talk) 12:30, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

Etymology of the word khalwa (school)
I think, it would be interesting to know the etymology of this word. In some languages (including my native Georgian) the similarly sounding word has a quite different meaning. George Meladze (talk) 04:19, 22 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Khalwa (Arabic: خلوة) - in Arabic - is to be alone with a thing, with it, or to it.
 * I’m intrigued to be honest to know What is the Georgian word? FuzzyMagma (talk) 06:34, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
 * In Georgian khalva or halva is a kind of confection ("halva" or "halwa" in English). Of course, it is a borrowing so I wanted to find out, whether these two similarly sounding words could be related etymologically. Anyway, the readers of this article could really do with etymology of khalwa (school) - etymology is always interesting, IMO. George Meladze (talk) 08:32, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I will include the etymology in a sentence.
 * halwa (Arabic:حلوه) is a different word and it means exactly what you said, confection. The “kh خ” and “h ح” or “h هـ) sound and alphabets are distinct in Arabic but in English they are not FuzzyMagma (talk) 08:51, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Now I see that this is a different word. Thank you. Actually, I did a little etymological research and found that the word meaning confection has Persian/Iranian origin. I think, other users will also find the etymology useful. George Meladze (talk) 10:51, 22 June 2023 (UTC)