دلال

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
د ل ل (d l l)
9 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

دَلَال • (dalāl) m

  1. verbal noun of دَلَّ (dalla) (form I)
  2. coquetry, coquettishness
Declension
Declension of noun دَلَال (dalāl)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَلَال
dalāl 		الدَّلَال
ad-dalāl 		دَلَال
dalāl
Nominative دَلَالٌ
dalālun 		الدَّلَالُ
ad-dalālu 		دَلَالُ
dalālu
Accusative دَلَالًا
dalālan 		الدَّلَالَ
ad-dalāla 		دَلَالَ
dalāla
Genitive دَلَالٍ
dalālin 		الدَّلَالِ
ad-dalāli 		دَلَالِ
dalāli

Etymology 2

Occupational noun from the root د ل ل (d-l-l).

Pronunciation

Noun

دَلَّال • (dallāl) m (plural دَلَّالُون (dallālūn))

  1. somebody who procures business agreements. auctioneer, broker, pimp, etc.
Declension
Declension of noun دَلَّال (dallāl)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَلَّال
dallāl 		الدَّلَّال
ad-dallāl 		دَلَّال
dallāl
Nominative دَلَّالٌ
dallālun 		الدَّلَّالُ
ad-dallālu 		دَلَّالُ
dallālu
Accusative دَلَّالًا
dallālan 		الدَّلَّالَ
ad-dallāla 		دَلَّالَ
dallāla
Genitive دَلَّالٍ
dallālin 		الدَّلَّالِ
ad-dallāli 		دَلَّالِ
dallāli
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَلَّالَيْن
dallālayn 		الدَّلَّالَيْن
ad-dallālayn 		دَلَّالَيْ
dallālay
Nominative دَلَّالَانِ
dallālāni 		الدَّلَّالَانِ
ad-dallālāni 		دَلَّالَا
dallālā
Accusative دَلَّالَيْنِ
dallālayni 		الدَّلَّالَيْنِ
ad-dallālayni 		دَلَّالَيْ
dallālay
Genitive دَلَّالَيْنِ
dallālayni 		الدَّلَّالَيْنِ
ad-dallālayni 		دَلَّالَيْ
dallālay
Plural sound masculine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَلَّالِين
dallālīn 		الدَّلَّالِين
ad-dallālīn 		دَلَّالِي
dallālī
Nominative دَلَّالُونَ
dallālūna 		الدَّلَّالُونَ
ad-dallālūna 		دَلَّالُو
dallālū
Accusative دَلَّالِينَ
dallālīna 		الدَّلَّالِينَ
ad-dallālīna 		دَلَّالِي
dallālī
Genitive دَلَّالِينَ
dallālīna 		الدَّلَّالِينَ
ad-dallālīna 		دَلَّالِي
dallālī
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دلال (dellal), تلال (tellal)
    • Turkish: tellal
    • → Albanian: tellall
    • → Armenian: թէլլալ (tʻēllal)
    • → Romanian: telal
  • → Persian: دلال (dallâl) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Portuguese: adelo

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَلّال (dallāl).

Noun

دلال • (dellal /tellal/) (feminine (only sense 3) دلاله)

  1. town crier, announcer
  2. broker, auctioneer
  4. pimp, bawd

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic دَلَّال (dallāl).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dallāl
Dari reading? dallāl
Iranian reading? dallâl
Tajik reading? dallol

Noun

دَلّال • (dallâl)

  1. somebody who procures business agreements: auctioneer, broker, pimp, etc.
    • 1177, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, “حکایت پیرزنی که به ده کلاوه ریسمان خریدار یوسف شد ”, in منطق الطیر, lines 2605—2607:
      در میان جمع آمد در خروش، گفت ای دلال کنعانی فروش، ز آرزوی این پسر سر گشته‌ام.
      dar miyân-e jam' âmad dar xoruš, goft ey dallâl kan'âni foruš, ze ârzu-ye in pesar sar-gašte-am.
      In the middle of the throng, she came while crying, saying "O auctioneer! Sell the Canaanite ; I am mad with longing for this boy."
Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دَلَال (dalāl).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dalāl
Dari reading? dalāl
Iranian reading? dalâl
Tajik reading? dalol

Noun

دَلال • (dalâl)

  1. coquetry
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume I, verse 1752:
      من دلش جسته به صد ناز و دلال، او بهانه کرده با من از ملال‌.
      man del-aš joste be sad nâz o dalâl, u bahâne karde bâ man az malâl.
      I sought His heart with a hundred airs and graces, He made excuses to me in disdain.
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