Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish احوال, from Arabic أَحْوَال (ʔaḥwāl), plural of حَال (ḥāl). Compare Uyghur ئەھۋال (ehwal).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ahval (definite accusative ahvali, uncountable)

  1. plural of hâl, conditions, circumstances

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ahval”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN