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خال
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Arabic
Etymology 1
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))
Declension
Etymology 2
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))
- to assume, to presume, to think as
- إِنِّي إِخَالُكَ صَادِقًا
- ʔinnī ʔiḵāluka ṣādiqan
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 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
Etymology 3
Noun
خَال • (ḵāl) m (plural أَخْوَال (ʔaḵwāl) or خُؤُول (ḵuʔūl) or خُؤُولَة (ḵuʔūla), feminine خَالَة (ḵāla))
- maternal uncle (one's mother's brother)
Declension
Related terms
- خُؤُولَة (ḵuʔūla)
Etymology 4
Related to holes, defects, blemishes.
Noun
خَال • (ḵāl) m (plural خِيلَان (ḵīlān))
Declension
Etymology 5
Verb
خَالَّ • (ḵālla) III (non-past يُخَالُّ (yuḵāllu), verbal noun مُخَالَّة (muḵālla) or خِلَال (ḵilāl))
- 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
Etymology 6
Derived from the active participle of خَلَّ (ḵalla, “to have gaps”).
Adjective
خَالّ • (ḵāll)
- having interstices, breaks, chinks
- indigent, pauper
Declension
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Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
خال • (ḵāl) f (plural خيلان (ḵilān), feminine خالة (ḵāla))
- maternal uncle (“brother of one's mother”)
- Coordinate term: عمّ (ʕamm, “paternal uncle”)
Derived terms
- خالو (ḵālu, endearing form)
Laki
Etymology
Noun
خال (xal)
Persian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xɑːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xɒːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χɔl]
Noun
خال • (xâl)
- beauty spot
- spot
- mole
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 191:
- در بیان ناید جمال حال او
هر دو عالم چیست عکس خال او- dar bayān n-āyad jamāl-i hāl-i ō
har dū 'ālam čīst 'aks-i xāl-i ō - The beauty of His state cannot be set forth:
what are both the worlds (temporal and spiritual)? The reflexion of His mole.
- dar bayān n-āyad jamāl-i hāl-i ō
Descendants
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South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
خال • (ḵāl) m (plural خوال (ḵwāl), feminine خالة (ḵāle))
- 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
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xɑːl/
Noun
خال • (xāl) m (Hindi spelling ख़ाल)
Ushojo
Etymology
Noun
خال (xāl) ?
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