خليل

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ل ل (ḵ-l-l) related to picking and perforation, probably so because a particular fashion of being intimate is to pick each others bodies as a part for cleanliness.

Noun

خَلِيل • (ḵalīl) m (plural أَخِلَّاء (ʔaḵillāʔ) or أَخِلَّة (ʔaḵilla) or خُلَّان (ḵullān) or خِلَال (ḵilāl), feminine خَلِيلَة (ḵalīla)) (countable)

1. a close friend, an intimate

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ar:friend

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 43:67:

     الْأَخِلَّاءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا الْمُتَّقِينَ

     al-ʔaḵillāʔu yawmaʔiḏin baʕḍuhum libaʕḍin ʕaduwwun ʔillā l-muttaqīna

     Intimates, on that day, shall be the foes of one another, save for the God-fearing.

2. a sex partner, a bedmate
   • (Can we date this quote?), al-Baḡawī, معالم التنزيل [The Signposts of the Revelation]:

     قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى : ( وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكَاتِ حَتَّى يُؤْمِنَّ ) سَبَبُ نُزُولِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ أَنَّ أَبَا مَرْثَدٍ الْغَنَوِيَّ بَعَثَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ لِيُخْرِجَ مِنْهَا نَاسًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ سِرًّا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَهَا سَمِعَتْ بِهِ امْرَأَةٌ مُشْرِكَةٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا عِنَاقُ وَكَانَتْ خَلِيلَتَهُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَتَتْهُ وَقَالَتْ : يَا أَبَا مَرْثَدٍ أَلَا تَخْلُو؟ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَيْحَكِ يَا عَنَاقُ إِنَّ الْإِسْلَامَ قَدْ حَالَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ ذَلِكَ قَالَتْ : فَهَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ بِي؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَلَكِنْ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَسْتَأْمِرُهُ فَقَالَتْ أَبِي تَتَبَرَّمُ؟ ثُمَّ اسْتَغَاثَتْ عَلَيْهِ فَضَرَبُوهُ ضَرْبًا شَدِيدًا ثُمَّ خَلَّوْا سَبِيلَهُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى حَاجَتَهُ بِمَكَّةَ وَانْصَرَفَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْلَمَهُ بِالَّذِي كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ وَأَمْرِ عَنَاقَ وَمَا لَقِيَ بِسَبَبِهَا وَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيَحِلُّ لِي أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَهَا؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ( وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكَاتِ حَتَّى يُؤْمِنَّ )

     Allah says, "Do not marry [or "sleep with"] the associators till they believe". The occasion of the verse was that Abū Marṯad al-Ḡanawī, whom the Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had sent off to Mecca to sneak a number of Muslims secretly, was spotted when he arrived there by a women of the associators named ʿAnāq, who was his bedmate back in the era of ignorance. Thus, she came to him and said, "Abū Marṯad, would you like to 'take me aside'?", and he said to her, "Slow down, ʿAnāq! Our faith now keeps us away from this!" Thus, she said, "Will you marry me, then?" "Sure!" he said, "but I must go back to the Prophet and ask him first." So she said, "Huh, now you are weary of me?" Then she cried out, and he was beaten up severely, and then they let him go. When he finished his task in Mecca afterward and set out back to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, he recounted to him what was between him and ʿAnāq and what he had gone through because of her. "O Prophet!" he said to him, "is it lawful for me to wed her?" Thereupon, Allah revealed this verse, "Do not marry [or "sleep with"] the associators till they believe".

Declension

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَلِيل ḵalīl	الْخَلِيل al-ḵalīl	خَلِيل ḵalīl
Nominative	خَلِيلٌ ḵalīlun	الْخَلِيلُ al-ḵalīlu	خَلِيلُ ḵalīlu
Accusative	خَلِيلًا ḵalīlan	الْخَلِيلَ al-ḵalīla	خَلِيلَ ḵalīla
Genitive	خَلِيلٍ ḵalīlin	الْخَلِيلِ al-ḵalīli	خَلِيلِ ḵalīli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَلِيلَيْن ḵalīlayn	الْخَلِيلَيْن al-ḵalīlayn	خَلِيلَيْ ḵalīlay
Nominative	خَلِيلَانِ ḵalīlāni	الْخَلِيلَانِ al-ḵalīlāni	خَلِيلَا ḵalīlā
Accusative	خَلِيلَيْنِ ḵalīlayni	الْخَلِيلَيْنِ al-ḵalīlayni	خَلِيلَيْ ḵalīlay
Genitive	خَلِيلَيْنِ ḵalīlayni	الْخَلِيلَيْنِ al-ḵalīlayni	خَلِيلَيْ ḵalīlay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَخِلَّاء‎; أَخِلَّة‎; خُلَّان‎; خِلَال ʔaḵillāʔ‎; ʔaḵilla‎; ḵullān‎; ḵilāl	الْأَخِلَّاء‎; الْأَخِلَّة‎; الْخُلَّان‎; الْخِلَال al-ʔaḵillāʔ‎; al-ʔaḵilla‎; al-ḵullān‎; al-ḵilāl	أَخِلَّاء‎; أَخِلَّة‎; خُلَّان‎; خِلَال ʔaḵillāʔ‎; ʔaḵillat‎; ḵullān‎; ḵilāl
Nominative	أَخِلَّاءُ‎; أَخِلَّةٌ‎; خُلَّانٌ‎; خِلَالٌ ʔaḵillāʔu‎; ʔaḵillatun‎; ḵullānun‎; ḵilālun	الْأَخِلَّاءُ‎; الْأَخِلَّةُ‎; الْخُلَّانُ‎; الْخِلَالُ al-ʔaḵillāʔu‎; al-ʔaḵillatu‎; al-ḵullānu‎; al-ḵilālu	أَخِلَّاءُ‎; أَخِلَّةُ‎; خُلَّانُ‎; خِلَالُ ʔaḵillāʔu‎; ʔaḵillatu‎; ḵullānu‎; ḵilālu
Accusative	أَخِلَّاءَ‎; أَخِلَّةً‎; خُلَّانًا‎; خِلَالًا ʔaḵillāʔa‎; ʔaḵillatan‎; ḵullānan‎; ḵilālan	الْأَخِلَّاءَ‎; الْأَخِلَّةَ‎; الْخُلَّانَ‎; الْخِلَالَ al-ʔaḵillāʔa‎; al-ʔaḵillata‎; al-ḵullāna‎; al-ḵilāla	أَخِلَّاءَ‎; أَخِلَّةَ‎; خُلَّانَ‎; خِلَالَ ʔaḵillāʔa‎; ʔaḵillata‎; ḵullāna‎; ḵilāla
Genitive	أَخِلَّاءَ‎; أَخِلَّةٍ‎; خُلَّانٍ‎; خِلَالٍ ʔaḵillāʔa‎; ʔaḵillatin‎; ḵullānin‎; ḵilālin	الْأَخِلَّاءِ‎; الْأَخِلَّةِ‎; الْخُلَّانِ‎; الْخِلَالِ al-ʔaḵillāʔi‎; al-ʔaḵillati‎; al-ḵullāni‎; al-ḵilāli	أَخِلَّاءِ‎; أَخِلَّةِ‎; خُلَّانِ‎; خِلَالِ ʔaḵillāʔi‎; ʔaḵillati‎; ḵullāni‎; ḵilāli

Declension of noun خَلِيل (ḵalīl)

Proper noun

خَلِيل • (ḵalīl) m

1. a male given name, Khalil

Declension

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	خَلِيل ḵalīl	—
Nominative	—	خَلِيلٌ ḵalīlun	—
Accusative	—	خَلِيلًا ḵalīlan	—
Genitive	—	خَلِيلٍ ḵalīlin	—

Declension of noun خَلِيل (ḵalīl)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Xəlil
• → Turkish: Halil
• → English: Khalil