خيال

See also: حيال‎ and خیال‎

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.jaːl/

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Noun

خَيَال • (ḵayāl) m (dual خَيَالَان‎ (ḵayālān), plural خَيَالَات‎ (ḵayālāt) or أَخْيِلَة‎ (ʔaḵyila))

1. imagination
2. shadow
3. (literature) fiction

Declension

Declension of noun خَيَال (ḵayāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَيَال ḵayāl	الْخَيَال‎ al-ḵayāl	خَيَال ḵayāl
Nominative	خَيَالٌ ḵayālun	الْخَيَالُ‎ al-ḵayālu	خَيَالُ ḵayālu
Accusative	خَيَالًا‎ ḵayālan	الْخَيَالَ‎ al-ḵayāla	خَيَالَ ḵayāla
Genitive	خَيَالٍ ḵayālin	الْخَيَالِ‎ al-ḵayāli	خَيَالِ ḵayāli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَيَالَيْن‎ ḵayālayn	الْخَيَالَيْن‎ al-ḵayālayn	خَيَالَيْ‎ ḵayālay
Nominative	خَيَالَانِ‎ ḵayālāni	الْخَيَالَانِ‎ al-ḵayālāni	خَيَالَا‎ ḵayālā
Accusative	خَيَالَيْنِ‎ ḵayālayni	الْخَيَالَيْنِ‎ al-ḵayālayni	خَيَالَيْ‎ ḵayālay
Genitive	خَيَالَيْنِ‎ ḵayālayni	الْخَيَالَيْنِ‎ al-ḵayālayni	خَيَالَيْ‎ ḵayālay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَيَالَات‎‎; أَخْيِلَة‎ ḵayālāt‎; ʔaḵyila	الْخَيَالَات‎‎; الْأَخْيِلَة‎ al-ḵayālāt‎; al-ʔaḵyila	خَيَالَات‎‎; أَخْيِلَة‎ ḵayālāt‎; ʔaḵyilat
Nominative	خَيَالَاتٌ‎‎; أَخْيِلَةٌ‎ ḵayālātun‎; ʔaḵyilatun	الْخَيَالَاتُ‎‎; الْأَخْيِلَةُ‎ al-ḵayālātu‎; al-ʔaḵyilatu	خَيَالَاتُ‎‎; أَخْيِلَةُ‎ ḵayālātu‎; ʔaḵyilatu
Accusative	خَيَالَاتٍ‎‎; أَخْيِلَةً‎ ḵayālātin‎; ʔaḵyilatan	الْخَيَالَاتِ‎‎; الْأَخْيِلَةَ‎ al-ḵayālāti‎; al-ʔaḵyilata	خَيَالَاتِ‎‎; أَخْيِلَةَ‎ ḵayālāti‎; ʔaḵyilata
Genitive	خَيَالَاتٍ‎‎; أَخْيِلَةٍ‎ ḵayālātin‎; ʔaḵyilatin	الْخَيَالَاتِ‎‎; الْأَخْيِلَةِ‎ al-ḵayālāti‎; al-ʔaḵyilati	خَيَالَاتِ‎‎; أَخْيِلَةِ‎ ḵayālāti‎; ʔaḵyilati

Derived terms

• خيالي‎ (“imaginary”, adjective)

Descendants

• Maltese: ħjiel
• → Azerbaijani: xəyal
• → Bashkir: хыял (xıyal)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خیال‎
  • Turkish: hayal
• → Classical Persian: خَیال‎
  • → Bengali: খেয়াল (kheẏal)
  • → Hindi: ख़याल (xayāl)
  • → Punjabi: ਖਿਆਲ (khiāla)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَيَالْ‎ (ḵayāl)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæjæːl/

Noun

خيال • (ḵayāl) m (plural خيالات‎ (ḵayalāt))

1. shadow

   ‏ده بيخاف من خياله‎‎

   da bīḵāf min ḵayālu

   He is scared of his own shadow

2. reflection