خال

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See also: چال and حال

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
خ ل و (ḵ l w)
8 terms

Derived from the active participle of خَلَا (ḵalā, to be empty, to be free, to lack, to withdraw, to devote oneself, to forsake, to pass).

Adjective

خَالٍ (ḵālin) (construct state خَالِي (ḵālī), feminine خَالِيَة (ḵāliya), masculine plural خَالُونَ (ḵālūna), feminine plural خَالِيَات (ḵāliyāt) or خَوَالٍ (ḵawālin), feminine plural construct state خَوَالِي (ḵawālī))

  1. empty, void
  2. open, vacant
  3. free, unrestrained, unencumbered
  4. -less, un-
  5. celibate
Declension

Etymology 2

Root
خ و ل (ḵ w l)
2 terms

Verb

خَالَ (ḵāla) I (non-past يَخَالُ (yaḵālu), verbal noun خَيْل (ḵayl) or خَيَلَان (ḵayalān) or خَيْلَة (ḵayla) or خَيْلُولَة (ḵaylūla) or مَخِيلَة (maḵīla) or مَخَالَة (maḵāla))

  1. to assume, to presume, to think as
    إِنِّي إِخَالُكَ صَادِقًا
    ʔinnī ʔiḵāluka ṣādiqan
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma
      وَمَا أَدْرِي وَلَسْتِ إِخَالُ أَدْرِي / أَقَوْمٌ آلُ حِصْنٍ أَمْ نِسَاءُ
      wamā ʔadrī walasti ʔiḵālu ʔadrī / ʔaqawmun ʔālu ḥiṣnin ʔam nisāʔu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation

Noun

خَال (ḵālm (plural أَخْوَال (ʔaḵwāl) or خُؤُول (ḵuʔūl) or خُؤُولَة (ḵuʔūla), feminine خَالَة (ḵāla))

  1. maternal uncle (one's mother's brother)
Declension

Etymology 3

Root
خ ل ل (ḵ l l)
16 terms

Related to holes, defects, blemishes.

Noun

خَال (ḵālm (plural خِيلَان (ḵīlān))

  1. beauty spot, birthmark
  2. spot
  3. mole
Declension

Etymology 4

Root
خ ل ل (ḵ l l)
16 terms

Verb

خَالَّ (ḵālla) III (non-past يُخَالُّ (yuḵāllu), verbal noun مُخَالَّة (muḵālla) or خِلَال (ḵilāl))

  1. to befriend, to act cordial towards
    • (Can we date this quote?), Sunan Abī Dāwūd:
      الرَّجُلُ عَلَى دِينِ خَلِيلِهِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَحَدُكُمْ مَنْ يُخَالِلُ
      ar-rajulu ʕalā dīni ḵalīlihi falyanẓur ʔaḥadukum man yuḵālilu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation

Etymology 5

Root
خ ل ل (ḵ l l)
16 terms

Derived from the active participle of خَلَّ (ḵalla, to have gaps).

Adjective

خَالّ (ḵāll)

  1. having interstices, breaks, chinks
  2. indigent, pauper
Declension

Laki

Etymology

From Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

Noun

خال (xal)

  1. beauty spot
  2. spot
  3. mole

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خال (ḵāl).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xāl
Dari reading? xāl
Iranian reading? xâl
Tajik reading? xol

Noun

خال (xâl)

  1. beauty spot
  2. spot
  3. mole

Descendants

  • Armenian: խալ (xal)
  • Azerbaijani: xal
  • Kazakh: қал (qal)
  • Georgian: ხალი (xali)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: خاڵ (xall)
  • Urdu: خال (xāl)
  • Ushojo: خال (xāl)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ و ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaːl/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

خال (ḵālm (plural خوال (ḵwāl), feminine خالة (ḵāle))

  1. maternal uncle (mother's brother)
    Endearing form: خالو (ḵālo)

See also

عمّ (ʕamm, paternal uncle)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خال (xāl), from Arabic خال (ḵāl).

Pronunciation

Noun

خال (xālm (Hindi spelling ख़ाल)

  1. beauty spot

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu خال (xāl).

Noun

خال (xāl?

  1. beauty spot
  2. forehead beauty spot