خال

See also: چال‎ and حال‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

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”), from the root خ ل و‎ (ḵ-l-w).

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

From the root خ و ل‎ (ḵ-w-l).

Verb

خَالَ • (ḵāla) I, non-past يَخَالُ‎‎ (yaḵālu), first-person non-past إِخَالُ‎ (ʔiḵālu) or أَخَالُ‎ (ʔaḵālu)

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    ‏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 quote)
Conjugation

Noun

خَال • (ḵāl) m (plural أَخْوَال‎ (ʔaḵwāl) or خُؤُول‎ (ḵuʔūl) or خُؤُولَة‎ (ḵuʔūla), feminine خَالَة‎ (ḵāla))

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

Etymology 3

From the root خ ل ل‎ (ḵ-l-l) related to holes, defects, blemishes.

Noun

خَال • (ḵāl) m (plural خِيلَان‎ (ḵīlān))

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

Etymology 4

From the root خ ل ل‎ (ḵ-l-l).

Verb

خَالَلَ or خَالَّ • (ḵālla or ḵālala) III, non-past يُخَالُّ‎ or يُخَالِلُ‎‎ (yuḵāllu or yuḵālilu)

  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 quote)
Conjugation

Etymology 5

Derived from the active participle of خَلَّ‎ (ḵalla, “to have gaps”), from the root خ ل ل‎ (ḵ-l-l).

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

From Arabic خال‎ (ḵāl).

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /xɒːl/

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

Etymology

From Arabic خَال‎ (ḵāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaːl/, [xæːl]
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Noun

خال • (ḵāl) m (plural خوال‎ (ḵwāl), feminine خالة‎ (ḵāle))

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

See also

عمّ‎ (ʕamm, “paternal uncle”)

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian خال‎ (xâl).

Pronunciation

Noun

خال • (xāl) m (Hindi spelling ख़ाल)

  1. beauty spot

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu خال‎ (xāl).

Noun

خال (xāl) ?

  1. beauty spot
  2. forehead beauty spot
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