خیال

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See also: حيال and خيال

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic خَيَال (ḵayāl).

Noun

خیال • (hayal) (plural خیاللر)

  1. dream
    Synonym: دوش (düş)
  2. imagination

Descendants

  • Turkish: hayal

Persian

Etymology 1

Dari خیال
Iranian Persian
Tajik хаёл
    Etymology tree
    Arabic خَيال (ḵayāl)bor.
    Persian خیال

    Borrowed from Arabic خَيال (ḵayāl).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? xayāl
    Dari reading? xayāl
    Iranian reading? xiyâl
    Tajik reading? xayol

    Noun

    خَیال • (xiyâl) (plural خیالات (xiyâlât))

    1. imagination; fiction; reverie; fantasy
      Synonyms: تصور (tasavvor), وهم (vahm)
      خیال کودکانه ― xiyâl-e kudakâne ― childlike dream
      • c. 1380, Jahān Malik Khātūn, “Ghazal 267”, in دیوان جهان [Divān-i Jahān]‎:
        ای دوست خیال مهر رویت
        از دیده‌ی ما دمی جدا نیست
        ay dōst xayāl-i mihr-i rōy-at
        az dīda-yi mā damē judā nēst
        O beloved! Daydreams of love from your face
        Will not leave my eyes for a single moment.
        (Classical Persian romanization)
    2. idea; thought; plan, intention
      Synonyms: فکر (fekr), اندیشه (andiše), پندار (pendâr)
      با خیال راحت ― bâ xiyâl-e râhat ― peacefully, with a peaceful mind
      خیال سفر دارم. ― xiyâl-e safar dâram. ― I'm thinking about traveling.
    3. illusion; phantom; apparition
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    خِیال • (xiyâl)

    1. (Isfahan, Mashhad) Dialectal form of خیار (xiyâr, “cucumber”).

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Arabic خَيال (ḵayāl)bor.
      Classical Persian خَیالbor.
      Urdu خَیَال (xayāl)

      Borrowed from Classical Persian خَیال, borrowed from Arabic خَيال (ḵayāl).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      خَیال • (xayāl) m (formal plural خیالات (xyālāt), Hindi spelling ख़याल)

      1. thought, opinion
        آپ کا کیا خیال ہے؟
        āp kā kyā xayāl hai?
        What do you think?
      2. imagination
        یہ سب کچھ تمہارے خیالوں میں ہے!
        yih sab kuch tumhāre xayālō̃ mẽ hai!
        This is all in your imagination!
      3. care; regard; concern
        تم اپنی بہن کا خیال نہیں رکھتے۔
        tum apnī bahan ka xayāl nahī̃ rakhte.
        You don't take care of your sister.
      4. (music) a genre – khyal

      Declension

          Declension of خیال
      singular plural
      direct خَیَال (xayāl) خَیَال (xayāl)
      oblique خَیَال (xayāl) خَیَالوں (xayālõ)
      vocative خَیَال (xayāl) خَیَالو (xayālo)

      Descendants

      References

      • “خیال”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
      • “خیال”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

      Ushojo

      Etymology

      From Urdu خیال (xayāl), from Arabic خَيَال (ḵayāl).

      Noun

      خیال (xyāl)

      1. thought, opinion
      2. imagination
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