طحال

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṭiḥāl-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤi.ħaːl/
  • (Al-Andalus) IPA^(key): /tˤaj.ħaːl/
  • (Morocco) IPA^(key): /tˤiː.ħaːl/, /tˤaj.ħaːl/, /tˤiː.ħaːn/, /tˤaj.ħaːn/

Noun

طِحَال • (ṭiḥāl) m (plural طِحَالَات (ṭiḥālāt) or أَطْحِلَة (ʔaṭḥila) or طُحُل (ṭuḥul))

1. spleen, milt

Declension

Declension of noun طِحَال (ṭiḥāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طِحَال ṭiḥāl	الطِّحَال aṭ-ṭiḥāl	طِحَال ṭiḥāl
Nominative	طِحَالٌ ṭiḥālun	الطِّحَالُ aṭ-ṭiḥālu	طِحَالُ ṭiḥālu
Accusative	طِحَالًا ṭiḥālan	الطِّحَالَ aṭ-ṭiḥāla	طِحَالَ ṭiḥāla
Genitive	طِحَالٍ ṭiḥālin	الطِّحَالِ aṭ-ṭiḥāli	طِحَالِ ṭiḥāli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طِحَالَيْن ṭiḥālayn	الطِّحَالَيْن aṭ-ṭiḥālayn	طِحَالَيْ ṭiḥālay
Nominative	طِحَالَانِ ṭiḥālāni	الطِّحَالَانِ aṭ-ṭiḥālāni	طِحَالَا ṭiḥālā
Accusative	طِحَالَيْنِ ṭiḥālayni	الطِّحَالَيْنِ aṭ-ṭiḥālayni	طِحَالَيْ ṭiḥālay
Genitive	طِحَالَيْنِ ṭiḥālayni	الطِّحَالَيْنِ aṭ-ṭiḥālayni	طِحَالَيْ ṭiḥālay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طِحَالَات‎; أَطْحِلَة‎; طُحُل ṭiḥālāt‎; ʔaṭḥila‎; ṭuḥul	الطِّحَالَات‎; الْأَطْحِلَة‎; الطُّحُل aṭ-ṭiḥālāt‎; al-ʔaṭḥila‎; aṭ-ṭuḥul	طِحَالَات‎; أَطْحِلَة‎; طُحُل ṭiḥālāt‎; ʔaṭḥilat‎; ṭuḥul
Nominative	طِحَالَاتٌ‎; أَطْحِلَةٌ‎; طُحُلٌ ṭiḥālātun‎; ʔaṭḥilatun‎; ṭuḥulun	الطِّحَالَاتُ‎; الْأَطْحِلَةُ‎; الطُّحُلُ aṭ-ṭiḥālātu‎; al-ʔaṭḥilatu‎; aṭ-ṭuḥulu	طِحَالَاتُ‎; أَطْحِلَةُ‎; طُحُلُ ṭiḥālātu‎; ʔaṭḥilatu‎; ṭuḥulu
Accusative	طِحَالَاتٍ‎; أَطْحِلَةً‎; طُحُلًا ṭiḥālātin‎; ʔaṭḥilatan‎; ṭuḥulan	الطِّحَالَاتِ‎; الْأَطْحِلَةَ‎; الطُّحُلَ aṭ-ṭiḥālāti‎; al-ʔaṭḥilata‎; aṭ-ṭuḥula	طِحَالَاتِ‎; أَطْحِلَةَ‎; طُحُلَ ṭiḥālāti‎; ʔaṭḥilata‎; ṭuḥula
Genitive	طِحَالَاتٍ‎; أَطْحِلَةٍ‎; طُحُلٍ ṭiḥālātin‎; ʔaṭḥilatin‎; ṭuḥulin	الطِّحَالَاتِ‎; الْأَطْحِلَةِ‎; الطُّحُلِ aṭ-ṭiḥālāti‎; al-ʔaṭḥilati‎; aṭ-ṭuḥuli	طِحَالَاتِ‎; أَطْحِلَةِ‎; طُحُلِ ṭiḥālāti‎; ʔaṭḥilati‎; ṭuḥuli

Derived terms

• أَطْحَل (ʔaṭḥal, “of ash-colour”)
• طُحْلَة (ṭuḥla, “ash-colour”)
• طُحْل (ṭuḥl, “dregs, lees”)
• طَحَلَ (ṭaḥala, “to hurt the spleen”)
• طَحِلَ (ṭaḥila, “to have the spleen large or to have pain therein; to be of ash colour; to be spleenful, to be angry; to become stinking by reason of black mud”)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: તિહાલ (tihāl)
• → Persian: طحال (tahâl)
  • → Khalaj: tahâl
• → Ottoman Turkish: طحال (tahal)
  • Turkish: tahal (obsolete)

Khalaj

Noun

طَحال (tahâl) (definite accusative طَحالؽ, plural طَحاللار)

1. Arabic spelling of tahâl (“spleen”)

Declension

Declension of طحال

	singular	plural
nominative	طحال	طحاللار
genitive	طحالؽݧ	طحاللارؽݧ
dative	طحالقا	طحاللارقا
definite accusative	طحالؽ	طحاللارؽ
locative	طحالچا	طحاللارچا
ablative	طحالدا	طحاللاردا
instrumental	طحاللا	طحاللارلا
equative	طحالوارا	طحاللاروارا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic طِحَال (ṭiḥāl).

Noun

طحال • (tahal)

1. spleen, milt, a vascular gland located in the left upper abdomen

   Synonyms: سپرز (supurz), طالاق (dalak)

Derived terms

• التهاب طحال (iltihab-ı tahal, “splenitis”)
• امراض طحال (emraz-ı tahal, “splenopathy”)
• الم طحال (elem-i tahal, “splenalgia”)
• توصیف طحال (tavsif-i tahal, “splenography”)
• خزع الطحال (haz-ı tahal, “splenotomy”)
• فتق طحال (fetk-ı tahal, “splenocele”)

Descendants

• Turkish: tahal (obsolete)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طحال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 800
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lien”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 949
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “طحال”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 3091
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طحال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1234

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طِحَال (ṭiḥāl).

Noun

طحال • (tahâl) (plural طحال‌ها (tahâl-hâ) or طحل (tohol))

1. spleen, milt

   Synonym: اسپرز (esporz)

Descendants

• → Khalaj: tahâl

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic طِحَال (ṭiḥāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤħaːl/, [tˤħɑːl]

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Noun

طحال • (ṭḥāl) m

1. spleen, milt