خل

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See also: چل, حل, and جل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Aramaic חָלָא / ܚܠܐ (ḥallā, vinegar), from Akkadian 𒂁𒄬 (/⁠ḫallu⁠/), from Sumerian 𒂁𒄬 (/⁠ḫal⁠/, pot; earthen container for storing liquids).

Noun

خَلّ (ḵallm

  1. vinegar
  2. (obsolete, figurative) evil, ill
Declension
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: خل (ḵaḷ)
  • Maltese: ħall
  • Amharic: ከል (käll)
  • Harari: ኃል (ḫal)
  • Somali: khal
  • Tigre: ከል (käll)

Etymology 2

Root
خ ل ل (ḵ l l)
16 terms

Verb

خَلَّ (ḵalla) I (non-past يَخُلُّ (yaḵullu), verbal noun خَلّ (ḵall) or خُلُول (ḵulūl))

  1. to become lean or scanty
Conjugation

Verb

خَلَّ (ḵalla) I (non-past يَخُلُّ (yaḵullu), verbal noun خَلّ (ḵall))

  1. to pierce, to transfix
Conjugation

Noun

خَلّ (ḵallm

  1. verbal noun of خَلَّ (ḵalla) (form I)
Declension

Noun

خَلّ (ḵallm (plural أَخُلّ (ʔaḵull) or خِلَال (ḵilāl))

  1. path through sandy ground
  2. an oblong tract of sand
  3. a vein of the neck and back
  4. worn garment
  5. camel in the second year
Declension

Noun

خِلّ (ḵillm (plural أَخْلَال (ʔaḵlāl))

  1. friend (male or female)
Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

خَلِّ (ḵalli) (form II) /xal.li/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of خَلَّى (ḵallā)

Brahui

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *kal (stone). Cognate with Tamil கல் (kal), Malayalam കല്ല് (kallŭ), Kannada ಕಲ್ಲು (kallu), Telugu కల్లు (kallu).

Noun

خَل (xal) (plural خَلْک)

  1. stone

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Bray, Denys (1934) “khal”, in The Brahui Language, Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 178
  • Ali, Liaquat, Kobayashi, Masato (2024) “xal”, in Brahui Texts: Glossed and Translated Short Stories and Folktales, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 732

Gulf Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic خَلّ (ḵall).

Pronunciation

Noun

خَل (ḵaḷm

  1. (uncountable) vinegar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

خَل (ḵal)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of خلى (to let)