تأويل

Arabic

Root
ء و ل (ʔ-w-l)

Noun

تَأْوِيل • (taʔwīl) m

1. verbal noun of أَوَّلَ (ʔawwala) (form II)
2. interpretation

Declension

Declension of noun تَأْوِيل (taʔwīl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَأْوِيل taʔwīl	التَّأْوِيل at-taʔwīl	تَأْوِيل taʔwīl
Nominative	تَأْوِيلٌ taʔwīlun	التَّأْوِيلُ at-taʔwīlu	تَأْوِيلُ taʔwīlu
Accusative	تَأْوِيلًا taʔwīlan	التَّأْوِيلَ at-taʔwīla	تَأْوِيلَ taʔwīla
Genitive	تَأْوِيلٍ taʔwīlin	التَّأْوِيلِ at-taʔwīli	تَأْوِيلِ taʔwīli

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَأْوِيل (taʔwīl)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [taʔ.ˈwiːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.wíːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.wíːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.wíːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.wíl̥]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæʔ.víːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæʔ.víːl̥]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæː.víːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.víl]

Readings
Classical reading?	ta'wīl
Dari reading?	ta'wīl
Iranian reading?	ta'vil
Tajik reading?	taʾvil

Dari	تأويل
Iranian Persian
Tajik	таъвил

Noun

تأويل • (ta'vil) (plural تأویلات (ta'vilât))

1. paraphrase, commentary, explanation, interpretation
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3742:

     ز آن که تاویل است وا داد عطا
     چون که بیند آن حقیقت را خطا

     za ān ki ta'wīl ast wā-dād 'atā
     čōn ki bi-bīnad ān haqiqat rā xatā

     Because interpretation (alteration of the meaning) is a rejection of the gift,
     since he (the interpreter) regards that real meaning as faulty.

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تأویل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim