أشهل
ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
Color or defect adjective from the root ش ه ل (š-h-l).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
أَشْهَل • (ʾašhal) (feminine شَهْلَاء (šahlāʾ), common plural شُهْل (šuhl))
- (obsolete; said of eyes; also used in reference to mountains and wolves with the meaning "dust-colored inclining to whiteness"[1]) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- glaucous or subglaucous;[2]
- of "lighter shades of brown"[3] or amber,[2] tawny,[2] or fawn[4] (likely from a confusion with أَشْعَل (ʾašʿal)).[2]
- اِمْرَأَة شَهْلَاء الْعَيْنِ ― imraʾa(t) šahlāʾ al-ʿayni ― [such]-eyed woman
- عَيْن شَهْلَاء ― ʿayn šahlāʾ ― a [such] eye
- Ibn Quzman, Diwan 2.4.1
DeclensionEdit
Declension of adjective أَشْهَل (ʾašhal)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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basic singular diptote | basic singular diptote | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | أَشْهَل ʾašhal |
الْأَشْهَل al-ʾašhal |
شَهْلَاء šahlāʾ |
الشَّهْلَاء aš-šahlāʾ |
Nominative | أَشْهَلُ ʾašhalu |
الْأَشْهَلُ al-ʾašhalu |
شَهْلَاءُ šahlāʾu |
الشَّهْلَاءُ aš-šahlāʾu |
Accusative | أَشْهَلَ ʾašhala |
الْأَشْهَلَ al-ʾašhala |
شَهْلَاءَ šahlāʾa |
الشَّهْلَاءَ aš-šahlāʾa |
Genitive | أَشْهَلَ ʾašhala |
الْأَشْهَلِ al-ʾašhali |
شَهْلَاءَ šahlāʾa |
الشَّهْلَاءِ aš-šahlāʾi |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | أَشْهَلَيْن ʾašhalayn |
الْأَشْهَلَيْن al-ʾašhalayn |
شَهْلَاءَيْن šahlāʾayn |
الشَّهْلَاءَيْن aš-šahlāʾayn |
Nominative | أَشْهَلَانِ ʾašhalāni |
الْأَشْهَلَانِ al-ʾašhalāni |
شَهْلَاءَانِ šahlāʾāni |
الشَّهْلَاءَانِ aš-šahlāʾāni |
Accusative | أَشْهَلَيْنِ ʾašhalayni |
الْأَشْهَلَيْنِ al-ʾašhalayni |
شَهْلَاءَيْنِ šahlāʾayni |
الشَّهْلَاءَيْنِ aš-šahlāʾayni |
Genitive | أَشْهَلَيْنِ ʾašhalayni |
الْأَشْهَلَيْنِ al-ʾašhalayni |
شَهْلَاءَيْنِ šahlāʾayni |
الشَّهْلَاءَيْنِ aš-šahlāʾayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
basic broken plural triptote | basic broken plural triptote | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | شُهْل šuhl |
الشُّهْل aš-šuhl |
شُهْل šuhl |
الشُّهْل aš-šuhl |
Nominative | شُهْلٌ šuhlun |
الشُّهْلُ aš-šuhlu |
شُهْلٌ šuhlun |
الشُّهْلُ aš-šuhlu |
Accusative | شُهْلًا šuhlan |
الشُّهْلَ aš-šuhla |
شُهْلًا šuhlan |
الشُّهْلَ aš-šuhla |
Genitive | شُهْلٍ šuhlin |
الشُّهْلِ aš-šuhli |
شُهْلٍ šuhlin |
الشُّهْلِ aš-šuhli |
Derived termsEdit
- الْأَشْهَل (al-ʾašhal)
DescendantsEdit
(via feminine form شَهْلَاء (šahlāʾ))
- Azerbaijani: şəhla
- Chagatai: شهلا
- Uzbek: shahlo
- Kazakh: шәһла (şähla)
- Ottoman Turkish: شهلا
- Turkish: şehla
- Pashto: شهلا
- Persian: شهلا
- Tajik: шахло (šaxlo)
- Urdu: شہلا
See alsoEdit
Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان (ʾalwān) (layout · text) | ||||
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أَبْيَض (ʾabyaḍ), أَشْيَب (ʾašyab) | رَمَادِيّ (ramādiyy), أَغْبَر (ʾaḡbar), أَعْفَر (ʾaʿfar) | أَسْوَد (ʾaswad), غِرْبِيب (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ (ʾaḥamm), أَدْهَم (ʾadham) | ||
أَحْمَر (ʾaḥmar), أَصْهَب (ʾaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy) | أَمْغَر (ʾamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر (ʾasmar) | أَصْفَر (ʾaṣfar), أَشْقَر (ʾašqar); قِشْدِيّ (qišdiyy) | ||
لَيْمِيّ (laymiyy) | أَخْضَر (ʾaḵḍar), أَحْوَى (ʾaḥwā) | نَعْنَاعِيّ (naʿnāʿiyy) | ||
سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ (šaršīriyy) | لَازُوَرْدِيّ (lāzuwardiyy) | أَزْرَق (ʾazraq) | ||
بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ (nīliyy) | فُوشِيّ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ (ʾurjuwāniyy) | وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ (zahriyy) |
Other: أَشْعَل (ʾašʿal), أَشْهَل (ʾašhal)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Lane, Edward William (1863), “أشهل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Maxwell-Stuart, P. G. (1981) Studies in Greek Colour Terminology: Charopos[1], Brill, page 174.
- ^ Maxwell-Stuart, P. G. (1981) op. cit., page 71.
- ^ Aigle, Denise (2014) The Mongol-Empire Between Myth and Reality[2], Brill, page 127.