xal

Translingual

Symbol

xal

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kalmyk Oirat.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French châle, from Persian شال.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʃal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈt͡ʃal]

Noun

xal m (plural xals)

1. shawl

Further reading

• “xal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “xal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “xal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “xal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Eastern Durango Nahuatl

Noun

xal

1. sand

Mongghul

Etymology

From Tibetan ཤེལ (shel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕal/

Noun

xal

1. mirror

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɑːl/

Noun

xal f

1. (maternal) uncle
2. point, dot

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀤𑀺 (khādi), from Sanskrit खादति (khādati). Cognate with Hindi खाना (khānā), Marwari खाणौ (khāṇau), and Gujarati ખાવું (khāvũ).

Verb

xal

1. he/she/it eats
2. to eat

   E ćhave xan phaba.

   The children eat apples.

Descendants

• → Hungarian: kajál
• → Romanian: hali
• → Russian: хавчик (xavčik)

References

• Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40