قيل وقال

Arabic

Alternative forms

• قِيل وَقَال وَمَقَال (qīl waqāl wamaqāl), قَال وَمَقَال (qāl wamaqāl)

Etymology

Literally: “It was said and [then] he said”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qiːl wa.qaːl/

Noun

قِيل وَقال • (qīl waqāl) m (definite state الْقِيل وَٱلْقَال (al-qīl wal-qāl), usually uncountable)

1. unfounded assertions; he said, she said; talk; gossip; hearsay; an exchange of mere opinions or claims

Descendants

• → Persian: قیل و قال (qil o qâl), قیل‌وقال (qil-o-maqâl), قال و مقال (qâl-o-maqâl), قال‌مقال (qâl-maqâl), قال قال (qâl-qâl)
  • → Azerbaijani: qalmaqal
    • → Armenian: ղալմաղալ (ġalmaġal)
    • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܠܡܩܠ (qālmāqāl)
    • → Avar: гъалмагъир (ğalmağir)
    • → Dargwa: къалмакъал (ɢalmaɢal)
    • → Georgian: აყალმაყალი (aq̇almaq̇ali)
    • → Kumyk: къалмагъал (qalmağal)
    • → Lak: къалмакъал (q:almaq:al)
    • → Lezgi: къалмакъал (q̄almaq̄al)
    • → Talysh: ғәлмәғәл
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi:

    Urdu: قال مقال (qāl maqāl)

  • → Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: qalmeqal, qalmeqalm

  • → Ottoman Turkish: قیل وقال (kıl ve kal), قال ومقال (kal ve makal), قال مقال (kal makal), قالمقال (kalmakal)
    • → Armenian: խալմախալ (xalmaxal)
    • → Crimean Tatar: kalmakal
  • → Turkmen: galmagal