دل

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Arabic

Root
د ل ل (d l l)
9 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

دَلَّ (dalla) I (non-past يَدُلُّ (yadullu), verbal noun دَلَالَة (dalāla))

  1. to show, to indicate, to direct
    الكتاب المقدس يدلُّنا على الطريق الصحيح.
    The Bible shows/directs us to the right path.
  2. to be evidence of, to be proof of, to attest to, to demonstrate, to establish, to substantiate
  3. to denote, to designate, to signify, to suggest
    لا شكلي ولا كلامي يَدُلّان على أنّي من الطبقة العُلْيا.
    Neither my way nor my speech show that I am from the upper class.

Conjugation

Baluchi

Etymology

From Classical Persian دل (dil), from Proto-Iranian *jŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 (zərəd), old Mazanderani زیله (zila) Sanskrit हृदय (hṛdaya), Armenian սիրտ (sirt), and English heart.

Doublet of زرد, which was inherited.

Noun

دل (dil)

  1. (anatomy) heart
    Synonym: زرد (zird)

Derived terms

Gujarati

Noun

دل (diln (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. Arabic spelling of દિલ (dil)
    Synonyms: ھيّوں (haiyũ), ھردہ (hirdā), قلب (qalb), فؤاد (fuwād)

Laki

Noun

دل (dil)

  1. heart

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *til (tongue; language).

Alternative forms

Noun

دل (dil)

  1. tongue (organ)
  2. anything shaped like a tongue
    1. (geography) spit, promontory
    2. tenon
  3. tongue (language)
  4. a prisoner taken to gain information
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Turkish: dil

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian دل (dil).

Noun

دل (dil)

  1. heart (organ)
    Synonyms: یورك (yürek), قلب (kalb)
  2. (figurative) heart, courage; mind, feelings
    Synonym: گوڭل (göñül)
Descendants

References

Persian

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Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭩𐭫 (dyl /⁠dil⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *jŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr; with a regular phonetic shift *ȷ́ŕ̥d- > *dŕ̥d > *dŕ̥l > dil. For the phonetic change, compare گل (gol) and سالار (sâlâr).

Cognates with Parthian 𐫉𐫏𐫡𐫅 (zyrd /⁠zirδ⁠/), Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 (zərəd), old Mazanderani زیله (zila), Northern Kurdish dil, Sanskrit हृदय (hṛdaya), Armenian սիրտ (sirt), Pashto زړه (zrë,zra) and English heart.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? dil
Dari reading? dil
Iranian reading? del
Tajik reading? dil
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Noun

Dari دل
Iranian Persian
Tajik дил

دِل (del) (plural دل‌ها (del-hâ))

  1. (original sense, now less common) heart
    Synonym: (now more common) قلب (qalb)
  2. (now common) stomach
    دلم درد می‌کندdel-am dard mi-konadI have a stomachache
  3. mind; (figurative) the heart (as the seat of emotion)
    دلم شکستdel-am šekastmy heart is broken
  4. courage

Derived terms

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil). First attested as Old Punjabi ਦਿਲੁ (dilu).

Noun

دِل (dilm (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਿਲ)

  1. heart
  2. mind
  3. soul
  4. spirit, valor
  5. courage

Declension

Declension of دل
dir. sg. دِل (dil)
dir. pl. دِل (dil)
singular plural
direct دِل (dil) دِل (dil)
oblique دِل (dil) دِلاں (dilāṉ)
vocative دِلا (dilā) دِلو (dilo)
ablative دِلوں (diloṉ) دِلاں (dilāṉ)
locative دِلے (dile) دِلِیں (dilīṉ)
instrumental دِلوں (diloṉ)

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil).

Pronunciation

Noun

دِلِ (dilif (Devanagari दिलि)

  1. heart
  2. courage
  3. desire

References

  • Khānu, Balocu (19601988) “دِلِ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د ل ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَلَّ (dalla).

Pronunciation

Verb

دلّ (dall) I (present بدلّ (bidill))

  1. to guide, to direct, to indicate
    Synonyms: أرشد (ʔaršad), أشر (ʔaššar)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of دلّ (dall)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m دلّيت (dallēt) دلّيت (dallēt) دلّ (dall) دلّينا (dallēna) دلّيتو (dallētu) دلّو (dallu)
f دلّيتي (dallēti) دلّت (dallat)
present m بدلّ (badill) بتدلّ (bitdill) بدلّ (bidill) مندلّ (mindill) بتدلّو (bitdillu) بدلّو (bidillu)
f بتدلّي (bitdilli) بتدلّ (bitdill)
subjunctive m ادلّ (adill) تدلّ (tdill) يدلّ (ydill) ندلّ (ndill) تدلّو (tdillu) يدلّو (ydillu)
f تدلّي (tdilli) تدلّ (tdill)
imperative m دلّ (dill) دلّو (dillu)
f دلّي (dilli)

Urdu

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil). First attested in c. 1265 as Old Hindi دل (dl) and later as Middle Hindi دل (dl).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    دِل (dilm (Hindi spelling दिल)

    1. (anatomy) heart
      Synonym: قلب (qalb)
    2. mind; conscience
      Synonyms: من (man), دماغ (dimāġ)
    3. mind; imagination
    4. attention
    5. (figuratively) wish

    Declension

        Declension of دل
    singular plural
    direct دل (dil) دل (dil)
    oblique دل (dil) دلوں (dilõ)
    vocative دل (dil) دلو (dilo)

    References

    1. ^ دل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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