آل

See also: ال, and أل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ء و ل (ʔ-w-l).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaːl/

Noun

آل • (ʔāl) (construct state only)

1. family

Declension

Declension of noun آل (ʔāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	—	آل ʔāl
Nominative	—	—	آلُ ʔālu
Accusative	—	—	آلَ ʔāla
Genitive	—	—	آلِ ʔāli

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: آل
• → Persian: آل (âl)

Etymology 2

From the root ء و ل (ʔ-w-l).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.la/

Verb

1. to return

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.lu/

Verb

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَلَا (ʔalā)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “آل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “آل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic آل (ʔāl).

Noun

آل • (al)

1. family

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Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *el (“red, brown”).

Adjective

آل • (âl)

1. bright red, scarlet