قیل و قال

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِيل وَقال (qīl waqāl, literally “it was said and he said”)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qīluqāl
Dari reading? qīluqāl
Iranian reading? ğiloğâl
Tajik reading? qiluqol

Noun

قیل و قال • (qil o qâl)

  1. brawl, dispute, commotion, tumult
    Synonyms: سر و صدا (sar o sedâ), شلوغ (šoluğ)
  2. exchange of claims; pedantic argumentation
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 351”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      از قیل و قالِ مدرسه حالی دلم گرفت
      یک چند نیز خدمتِ معشوق و می کنم
      az qīl u qāl-i madrasa halē dil-am girift
      yak čand nēz xidmat-i ma'šuq u may kunam
      My heart has gotten sick of the seminary's "it was said and he said";
      For a while, let me serve the beloved and the wine.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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