قول

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *ḳawl- (“voice”). Cognate with Aramaic קָלָא (qālā, “sound; voice; noise”), Hebrew קוֹל (qōl, “sound; voice; noise”), and Ge'ez ቃል (ḳal, “sound; voice; speech; statement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qawl/
• Rhymes: -awl

Noun

قَوْل • (qawl) m (plural أَقْوَال (ʔaqwāl) or أَقَاوِيل (ʔaqāwīl))

1. verbal noun of قَالَ (qāla) (form I)
2. (countable) a saying; a declaration; a statement; an assertion

   Synonym: كَلَام (kalām, “words”)

   قَرَآْتُ أَقْوَالَ الْمُعْتَزِلَةِ.

   qaraʔātu ʔaqwāla al-muʕtazilati.

   I was reading about the assertions of the Muʿtazilites.

   • a. 966, Al-Mutanabbi

     وَكَمْ مِنْ عَائِبٍ قَوْلًا صَحِيحًا / وَآفَتُهُ مِنَ الْفَهْمِ السَّقِيمِ

     wakam min ʕāʔibin qawlan ṣaḥīḥan / waʔāfatuhū mina l-fahmi s-saqīmi

     And how many are those who criticize a sound saying – while the fault is in their ill understanding!

3. (uncountable) the power of speaking; speech

   Synonyms: كَلَام (kalām), مَنْطِق (manṭiq)

Declension

Descendants

• Maltese: qawl
• → Persian: قول (qowl)
  • → Azerbaijani: qövl
  • → Bengali: কওল (koul)
  • → Gujarati: કોલ (kol)
  • → Hindustani: qaul

    Hindi: क़ौल

    Urdu: قَول (qaul)

  • → Marathi: कौल (kaul)
  • → Marwari: कौल (kaul)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਕੌਲ (kaul)

    Shahmukhi script: قَول (qaul)

  • → Sindhi:

    Arabic script: قَوْلُ

    Devanagari script: क़ौलु

Verb

قَوَّلَ • (qawwala) II, non-past يُقَوِّلُ‎ (yuqawwilu)

1. (ditransitive) to say about to have said

   لَا تُقَوِّلْنِي مَا لَمْ أَقُل!

   lā tuqawwilnī mā lam ʔaqul!

   Don’t put into my mouth what I never said!

Conjugation

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَوْل (qawl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːl/,

Noun

قول • (gōl) m (dual قولين (gōlēn), plural أقوال (ʔagwāl))

1. a saying

See also

• قولة (gōla, “remark”)

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَوَّل (qawwal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaw.wal/

Verb

قول • (gawwal) II (non-past يقول (yigawwil), verbal noun تقويل (tagwīl), passive participle منقال (mungāl))

1. (ditransitive) to say about, to have said

Conjugation

Etymology 3

From English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːl/,

Noun

قول • (gōl) m (plural أقوال (ʔagwāl))

1. (sports) goal

   Synonym: هدف (hadaf)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːl/

Verb

قول • (gūl)

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of قال (gāl)

Khalaj

Noun

قوْل (qol) (definite accusative قوْلوُ, plural قوْللار)

1. Arabic spelling of qol (“arm”)

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Old Anatolian Turkish قل (qul), from Proto-Turkic *kul (“slave, servant”).

Noun

قول • (kul)

1. servant
   1. villein, serf
   2. soldier, footman; patrol, watchman

Derived terms

• قوللق / قوللوق (kulluk, “service”)
  • قوللقچی (kullukçı, “servant”)
• قوللنمق / قولانمق (kullanmak, “to use”)
• بوغاز قولی (boğaz kulı, “belly-god, gourmand”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kul

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *kol (“arm”).

Noun

قول • (kol)

1. arm

   قول بورمق ― kol burmak ― to bend the arm

2. branch, section, division
   1. squadron of soldiers watching out, platoon of an army going out for patrol, vigil

      قول دولاشمق ― kol dolaşmak ― to walk patrol

Derived terms

• قولتوق (koltuk, “armpit; corner-shop; armchair”)
• قولاج (kulaç, “as far as an arm can reach; fathom”)
• قولچاق (kolçak, “brassard, gauntlet”)
• قولاق (kolak, “one who has lost an arm, arm-cripple”)
• قولداش (koldaş, “companion, associate”)
• قوللامق (kollamak, “to help, to assist; to protect, to look after, to guard”)
• قولای (kolay, “easy to handle, facile”)

Etymology 3

From Arabic قَوْل (qawl).

Noun

قول • (kavl) (plural اقاویل (ekavil))

1. saying, dictum, utterance, sentence
2. vow, agreement, covenant

Descendants

• Turkish: kavil

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 986
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قول”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, columns 3800–3805

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَوْل (qawl).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Iran)

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Noun

قول • (qowl) (plural اقوال (aqvâl) or اقاویل (aqâvil))

1. promise, vow, one's word

   Synonym: وعده (va'de)

   • 1705, Guru Gobind Singh, “verse 15”, in ظفرنامه [Zafarnama]:

     کسی قول قرآن کند اعتبار
     همان روز آخر شود مرد خوار

     kasi qowl-e qor-ân konad e'tebâr
     hamân ruz-e âxar šavad mard xâr

     Whoever puts stock in the vow on the Qur'an: he will be a wretched man in the end.

2. saying, speech, words

   Synonyms: گفته (gofte), حرف (harf)

   • 11th century, ناصرخسرو [Nasir Khusraw], دیوان اشعار پارسی:

     به راه چشم شنو قول این جهان که حکیم
     به راه چشم شنوده است گفتهٔ دنیی

     be râh-e čašm šenow qowl-e in jahân ke hakim
     be râh-e čašm šonude ast gofte-ye donyi

     Listen by way of the eyes to the words of this world, for the wise man has heard the world's sayings by way of his eyes.

3. saying, aphorism, dictum

Derived terms

Descendants

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kol (“arm”). Cognate with Turkish kol (“arm”).

Noun

قول • (qol) (plural قوللار (qollar))

1. hand

Declension