See also: چال and حال

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
خ ل و (ḵ l w)
7 terms

Derived from the active participle of خَلَا (ḵalā, to be empty, to be free, to lack, to withdraw, to devote oneself, to forsake, to pass).

Adjective

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خَالٍ (ḵālin) (construct state خَالِي (ḵālī), feminine خَالِيَة (ḵāliya), masculine plural خَالُونَ (ḵālūna), feminine plural خَالِيَات (ḵāliyāt) or خَوَالٍ (ḵawālin), feminine plural construct state خَوَالِي (ḵawālī))

  1. empty, void
  2. open, vacant
  3. free, unrestrained, unencumbered
  4. -less, un-
  5. celibate
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Etymology 2

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Root
خ و ل (ḵ w l)
2 terms

Verb

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خَالَ (ḵāla) I (non-past يَخَالُ (yaḵālu), verbal noun خَيْل (ḵayl) or خَيَلَان (ḵayalān) or خَيْلَة (ḵayla) or خَيْلُولَة (ḵaylūla) or مَخِيلَة (maḵīla) or مَخَالَة (maḵāla))

  1. to assume, to presume, to think as
    إِنِّي إِخَالُكَ صَادِقًا
    ʔinnī ʔiḵāluka ṣādiqan
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    • Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma
      وَمَا أَدْرِي وَلَسْتِ إِخَالُ أَدْرِي / أَقَوْمٌ آلُ حِصْنٍ أَمْ نِسَاءُ
      wamā ʔadrī walasti ʔiḵālu ʔadrī / ʔaqawmun ʔālu ḥiṣnin ʔam nisāʔu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Noun

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خَال (ḵālm (plural أَخْوَال (ʔaḵwāl) or خُؤُول (ḵuʔūl) or خُؤُولَة (ḵuʔūla), feminine خَالَة (ḵāla))

  1. maternal uncle (one's mother's brother)
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Etymology 3

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Root
خ ل ل (ḵ l l)
16 terms

Related to holes, defects, blemishes.

Noun

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خَال (ḵālm (plural خِيلَان (ḵīlān))

  1. beauty spot, birthmark
  2. spot
  3. mole
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Etymology 4

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Root
خ ل ل (ḵ l l)
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Verb

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خَالَّ (ḵālla) III (non-past يُخَالُّ (yuḵāllu), verbal noun مُخَالَّة (muḵālla) or خِلَال (ḵilāl))

  1. to befriend, to act cordial towards
    • (Can we date this quote?), Sunan Abī Dāwūd:
      الرَّجُلُ عَلَى دِينِ خَلِيلِهِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَحَدُكُمْ مَنْ يُخَالِلُ
      ar-rajulu ʕalā dīni ḵalīlihi falyanẓur ʔaḥadukum man yuḵālilu
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Etymology 5

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Root
خ ل ل (ḵ l l)
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Derived from the active participle of خَلَّ (ḵalla, to have gaps).

Adjective

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خَالّ (ḵāll)

  1. having interstices, breaks, chinks
  2. indigent, pauper
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Laki

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Etymology

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From Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

Noun

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خال (xal)

  1. beauty spot
  2. spot
  3. mole

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic خال (ḵāl).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? xāl
Dari reading? xāl
Iranian reading? xâl
Tajik reading? xol

Noun

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خال (xâl)

  1. beauty spot
  2. spot
  3. mole

Descendants

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  • Armenian: խալ (xal)
  • Azerbaijani: xal
  • Kazakh: қал (qal)
  • Georgian: ხალი (xali)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: خاڵ (xall)
  • Urdu: خال (xāl)
  • Ushojo: خال (xāl)

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
خ و ل
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xaːl/, [xæːl]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

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خال (ḵālm (plural خوال (ḵwāl), feminine خالة (ḵāle))

  1. maternal uncle (mother's brother)
    Endearing form: خالو (ḵālo)

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عمّ (ʕamm, paternal uncle)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian خال (xāl), from Arabic خال (ḵāl).

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Noun

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خال (xālm (Hindi spelling ख़ाल)

  1. beauty spot

Ushojo

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Etymology

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From Urdu خال (xāl).

Noun

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خال (xāl?

  1. beauty spot
  2. forehead beauty spot