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خال

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See also: چال and حال

Arabic

Etymology 1

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Derived from the active participle of خَلَا (ḵalā, to be empty, to be free, to lack, to withdraw, to devote oneself, to forsake, to pass).

Adjective

خَالٍ (ḵālin) (construct state خَالِي (ḵālī), feminine خَالِيَة (ḵāliya), masculine plural خَالُونَ (ḵālūna), feminine plural خَالِيَات (ḵāliyāt) or خَوَالٍ (ḵawālin), feminine plural construct state خَوَالِي (ḵawālī))

  1. empty, void
  2. open, vacant
  3. free, unrestrained, unencumbered
  4. -less, un-
  5. celibate
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Verb

خَالَ (ḵāla) I (non-past يَخَالُ (yaḵālu), verbal noun خَيْل (ḵayl) or خَيَلَان (ḵayalān) or خَيْلَة (ḵayla) or خَيْلُولَة (ḵaylūla) or مَخِيلَة (maḵīla) or مَخَالَة (maḵāla))

  1. to assume, to presume, to think as
    إِنِّي إِخَالُكَ صَادِقًا
    ʔinnī ʔiḵāluka ṣādiqan
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    • Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma
      وَمَا أَدْرِي وَلَسْتِ إِخَالُ أَدْرِي / أَقَوْمٌ آلُ حِصْنٍ أَمْ نِسَاءُ
      wamā ʔadrī walasti ʔiḵālu ʔadrī / ʔaqawmun ʔālu ḥiṣnin ʔam nisāʔu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

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Noun

خَال (ḵāl) m (plural أَخْوَال (ʔaḵwāl) or خُؤُول (ḵuʔūl) or خُؤُولَة (ḵuʔūla), feminine خَالَة (ḵāla))

  1. maternal uncle (one's mother's brother)
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Etymology 4

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Related to holes, defects, blemishes.

Noun

خَال (ḵāl) m (plural خِيلَان (ḵīlān))

  1. beauty spot, birthmark
  2. spot
  3. mole
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Etymology 5

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Verb

خَالَّ (ḵālla) III (non-past يُخَالُّ (yuḵāllu), verbal noun مُخَالَّة (muḵālla) or خِلَال (ḵilāl))

  1. to befriend, to act cordial towards
    • (Can we date this quote?), Sunan Abī Dāwūd:
      الرَّجُلُ عَلَى دِينِ خَلِيلِهِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَحَدُكُمْ مَنْ يُخَالِلُ
      ar-rajulu ʕalā dīni ḵalīlihi falyanẓur ʔaḥadukum man yuḵālilu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
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Etymology 6

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Derived from the active participle of خَلَّ (ḵalla, to have gaps).

Adjective

خَالّ (ḵāll)

  1. having interstices, breaks, chinks
  2. indigent, pauper
Declension
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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

Pronunciation

Noun

خال (ḵāl) f (plural خيلان (ḵilān), feminine خالة (ḵāla))

  1. maternal uncle (brother of one's mother)
    Coordinate term: عمّ (ʕamm, paternal uncle)

Derived terms

Laki

Etymology

From Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

Noun

خال (xal)

  1. beauty spot
  2. spot
  3. mole

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خال (ḵāl).

Pronunciation

 

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Noun

خال (xâl)

  1. beauty spot
  2. spot
  3. mole

Descendants

  • Armenian: խալ (xal)
  • Azerbaijani: xal
  • Kazakh: қал (qal)
  • Georgian: ხალი (xali)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: خاڵ (xall)
  • Urdu: خال (xāl)
  • Ushojo: خال (xāl)
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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

From Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaːl/, [xæːl]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

خال (ḵāl) m (plural خوال (ḵwāl), feminine خالة (ḵāle))

  1. maternal uncle (mother's brother)
    Endearing form: خالو (ḵālo)

See also

عمّ (ʕamm, paternal uncle)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خال (xāl), from Arabic خال (ḵāl).

Pronunciation

Noun

خال (xāl) m (Hindi spelling ख़ाल)

  1. beauty spot

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu خال (xāl).

Noun

خال (xāl) ?

  1. beauty spot
  2. forehead beauty spot

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