Non-Turkish word in Turkish song

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There is a song by Alişan called "Lewere" and its entirely in Turkish except for the title repeated throughout the song. The word "lewere" does not sound Turkish at all, nor does it sound Arabic (not that I speak either language to know for sure). To me, it sounds very Kurdish and given that the song mentions Bingol, Batman, Diyarbakir, and Van which all have considerable populations of Kurds/Zaza, I'm pretty sure that it is Kurmanji Kurdish. Can anyone firm that it is? Also what does the word actually mean?

Thanks! :)

Meister
<a href="/de/translator/sandring" class="userpopupinfo" rel="user1263066">sandring </a>
Beigetreten: 18.10.2015

LEWERE - is a Kurdish wedding dance

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Beigetreten: 28.10.2012

Le were means "Hey come" in Kurdish

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Beigetreten: 28.10.2012

Who are you?= Tu ki yi?
What are you doing here? = Tu çi diki li vira?

Meister
<a href="/de/translator/sandring" class="userpopupinfo" rel="user1263066">sandring </a>
Beigetreten: 18.10.2015

We've sorted it out already that "Le" means an interjection adressing a woman in Southern Kurdish, something like Hey, look here, It's the name of the wedding dance for sure but the name of the dance means Hey, (darling) come! So the rest depends on the context. Cheers to everybody.