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 show that I am from the upper class.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of دَلَّ (I, geminate, a ~ u, full passive (?), verbal noun دَلَالَة)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر 		دَلَالَة
dalāla
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل 		دَالّ
dāll
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول 		مَدْلُول
madlūl
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m دَلَلْتُ
dalaltu 		دَلَلْتَ
dalalta 		دَلَّ
dalla 		دَلَلْتُمَا
dalaltumā 		دَلَّا
dallā 		دَلَلْنَا
dalalnā 		دَلَلْتُمْ
dalaltum 		دَلُّوا
dallū
f دَلَلْتِ
dalalti 		دَلَّتْ
dallat 		دَلَّتَا
dallatā 		دَلَلْتُنَّ
dalaltunna 		دَلَلْنَ
dalalna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m أَدُلُّ
ʔadullu 		تَدُلُّ
tadullu 		يَدُلُّ
yadullu 		تَدُلَّانِ
tadullāni 		يَدُلَّانِ
yadullāni 		نَدُلُّ
nadullu 		تَدُلُّونَ
tadullūna 		يَدُلُّونَ
yadullūna
f تَدُلِّينَ
tadullīna 		تَدُلُّ
tadullu 		تَدُلَّانِ
tadullāni 		تَدْلُلْنَ
tadlulna 		يَدْلُلْنَ
yadlulna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m أَدُلَّ
ʔadulla 		تَدُلَّ
tadulla 		يَدُلَّ
yadulla 		تَدُلَّا
tadullā 		يَدُلَّا
yadullā 		نَدُلَّ
nadulla 		تَدُلُّوا
tadullū 		يَدُلُّوا
yadullū
f تَدُلِّي
tadullī 		تَدُلَّ
tadulla 		تَدُلَّا
tadullā 		تَدْلُلْنَ
tadlulna 		يَدْلُلْنَ
yadlulna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m أَدُلَّ, أَدُلِّ, أَدْلُلْ
ʔadulla, ʔadulli, ʔadlul 		تَدُلَّ, تَدُلِّ, تَدْلُلْ
tadulla, tadulli, tadlul 		يَدُلَّ, يَدُلِّ, يَدْلُلْ
yadulla, yadulli, yadlul 		تَدُلَّا
tadullā 		يَدُلَّا
yadullā 		نَدُلَّ, نَدُلِّ, نَدْلُلْ
nadulla, nadulli, nadlul 		تَدُلُّوا
tadullū 		يَدُلُّوا
yadullū
f تَدُلِّي
tadullī 		تَدُلَّ, تَدُلِّ, تَدْلُلْ
tadulla, tadulli, tadlul 		تَدُلَّا
tadullā 		تَدْلُلْنَ
tadlulna 		يَدْلُلْنَ
yadlulna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m دُلَّ, دُلِّ, اُدْلُلْ
dulla, dulli, udlul 		دُلَّا
dullā 		دُلُّوا
dullū
f دُلِّي
dullī 		اُدْلُلْنَ
udlulna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m دُلِلْتُ
duliltu 		دُلِلْتَ
dulilta 		دُلَّ
dulla 		دُلِلْتُمَا
duliltumā 		دُلَّا
dullā 		دُلِلْنَا
dulilnā 		دُلِلْتُمْ
duliltum 		دُلُّوا
dullū
f دُلِلْتِ
dulilti 		دُلَّتْ
dullat 		دُلَّتَا
dullatā 		دُلِلْتُنَّ
duliltunna 		دُلِلْنَ
dulilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m أُدَلُّ
ʔudallu 		تُدَلُّ
tudallu 		يُدَلُّ
yudallu 		تُدَلَّانِ
tudallāni 		يُدَلَّانِ
yudallāni 		نُدَلُّ
nudallu 		تُدَلُّونَ
tudallūna 		يُدَلُّونَ
yudallūna
f تُدَلِّينَ
tudallīna 		تُدَلُّ
tudallu 		تُدَلَّانِ
tudallāni 		تُدْلَلْنَ
tudlalna 		يُدْلَلْنَ
yudlalna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m أُدَلَّ
ʔudalla 		تُدَلَّ
tudalla 		يُدَلَّ
yudalla 		تُدَلَّا
tudallā 		يُدَلَّا
yudallā 		نُدَلَّ
nudalla 		تُدَلُّوا
tudallū 		يُدَلُّوا
yudallū
f تُدَلِّي
tudallī 		تُدَلَّ
tudalla 		تُدَلَّا
tudallā 		تُدْلَلْنَ
tudlalna 		يُدْلَلْنَ
yudlalna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m أُدَلَّ, أُدَلِّ, أُدْلَلْ
ʔudalla, ʔudalli, ʔudlal 		تُدَلَّ, تُدَلِّ, تُدْلَلْ
tudalla, tudalli, tudlal 		يُدَلَّ, يُدَلِّ, يُدْلَلْ
yudalla, yudalli, yudlal 		تُدَلَّا
tudallā 		يُدَلَّا
yudallā 		نُدَلَّ, نُدَلِّ, نُدْلَلْ
nudalla, nudalli, nudlal 		تُدَلُّوا
tudallū 		يُدَلُّوا
yudallū
f تُدَلِّي
tudallī 		تُدَلَّ, تُدَلِّ, تُدْلَلْ
tudalla, tudalli, tudlal 		تُدَلَّا
tudallā 		تُدْلَلْنَ
tudlalna 		يُدْلَلْنَ
yudlalna

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 • (dil) n (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

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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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 می‌کند ― del-am dard mi-konad ― I have a stomachache
  3. mind; (figurative) the heart (as the seat of emotion)
    دلم شکست ― del-am šekast ― my heart is broken
  4. courage

Derived terms

Derived terms

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

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

Noun

دِل • (dil) m (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) –
locative – دِلِیں (dilīṉ)
instrumental – –

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil).

Pronunciation

Noun

دِلِ • (dili) f (Devanagari दिलि)

  1. heart
  2. courage
  3. desire

References

  • Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “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 • (dil) m (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 (dilō̃)
vocative دل (dil) دلو (dilō)

References

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

Further reading

More information
  • “دل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 312
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “دل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 523
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “دل”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “دل”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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