تخیل

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

تخیل • (tahıl)

1. Alternative spelling of تاخل

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تخیل (taxayyul), from the verbal noun of Arabic تَخَيَّلَ (taḵayyala, “to imagine”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.xə̯i.jʊl/
• Rhymes: -ʊl

Noun

تَخَیُّل • (taxaiyul) m (Hindi spelling तख़य्युल)

1. imagination, thought, imagery, idea

References

• “تخیل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تخیل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.