See also: چال and حال

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
خ ل و (ḵ-l-w)

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 edit

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
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Root
خ و ل (ḵ-w-l)

Verb edit

خَالَ (ḵāla) I, non-past يَخَالُ‎ (yaḵālu), first-person non-past إِخَالُ (ʔiḵālu) or أَخَالُ (ʔaḵālu)

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    إِنِّي إِخَالُكَ صَادِقًا
    ʔinnī ʔiḵāluka ṣādiqan
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 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)
Conjugation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. maternal blood uncle (one's mother's brother)
Declension edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Root
خ ل ل (ḵ-l-l)

Related to holes, defects, blemishes.

Noun edit

خَال (ḵālm (plural خِيلَان (ḵīlān))

  1. beauty spot, birthmark
  2. spot
  3. mole
Declension edit

Etymology 4 edit

Root
خ ل ل (ḵ-l-l)

Verb edit

خَالَلَ or خَالَّ (ḵālla or ḵālala) III, non-past يُخَالُّ or يُخَالِلُ‎ (yuḵāllu or yuḵālilu)

  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
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation edit

Etymology 5 edit

Root
خ ل ل (ḵ-l-l)

Derived from the active participle of خَلَّ (ḵalla, to have gaps).

Adjective edit

خَالّ (ḵāll)

  1. having interstices, breaks, chinks
  2. indigent, pauper
Declension edit

Laki edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

Noun edit

خال (xal)

  1. beauty spot
  2. spot
  3. mole

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic خال (ḵāl).

Pronunciation edit

 

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

Noun edit

خال (xâl)

  1. beauty spot
  2. spot
  3. mole

Descendants edit

  • 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 edit

Root
خ و ل
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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

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

See also edit

عمّ (ʕamm, paternal uncle)

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

خال (xālm (Hindi spelling ख़ाल)

  1. beauty spot

Ushojo edit

Etymology edit

From Urdu خال (xāl).

Noun edit

خال (xāl?

  1. beauty spot
  2. forehead beauty spot