خالة

See also: خاله, حالة, and چاله

Arabic

خَالَة • (ḵāla) f (plural خَالَات (ḵālāt), masculine خَال (ḵāl))

female equivalent of خَال (ḵāl, “maternal uncle”):
1. maternal blood aunt (one's mother's sister)

Declension of noun **خَالَة** (ḵāla)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَالَة ḵāla	الْخَالَة al-ḵāla	خَالَة ḵālat
nominative	خَالَةٌ ḵālatun	الْخَالَةُ al-ḵālatu	خَالَةُ ḵālatu
accusative	خَالَةً ḵālatan	الْخَالَةَ al-ḵālata	خَالَةَ ḵālata
genitive	خَالَةٍ ḵālatin	الْخَالَةِ al-ḵālati	خَالَةِ ḵālati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَالَتَيْن ḵālatayn	الْخَالَتَيْن al-ḵālatayn	خَالَتَيْ ḵālatay
nominative	خَالَتَانِ ḵālatāni	الْخَالَتَانِ al-ḵālatāni	خَالَتَا ḵālatā
accusative	خَالَتَيْنِ ḵālatayni	الْخَالَتَيْنِ al-ḵālatayni	خَالَتَيْ ḵālatay
genitive	خَالَتَيْنِ ḵālatayni	الْخَالَتَيْنِ al-ḵālatayni	خَالَتَيْ ḵālatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَالَات ḵālāt	الْخَالَات al-ḵālāt	خَالَات ḵālāt
nominative	خَالَاتٌ ḵālātun	الْخَالَاتُ al-ḵālātu	خَالَاتُ ḵālātu
accusative	خَالَاتٍ ḵālātin	الْخَالَاتِ al-ḵālāti	خَالَاتِ ḵālāti
genitive	خَالَاتٍ ḵālātin	الْخَالَاتِ al-ḵālāti	خَالَاتِ ḵālāti

→ Bengali: খালা (khala)
→ Urdu: خالہ (xālā)
→ Ottoman Turkish: خاله (hala)
- Turkish: hala
- → Albanian: hallë
- → Armenian: հալա (hala)
- → Serbo-Croatian: hala / хала
→ Persian: خاله (xâle)
- → Khalaj: xâla

Baalbaki, Rohi (1995), “خالة”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN

From Arabic خَالَة (ḵāla), equivalent to خال (ḵāl, “maternal uncle”) +‎ ـة (-a, feminizing suffix).

خالة • (ḵāla) f (construct state خالة (ḵālit), plural خالات (ḵalāt))

feminine of خال (ḵāl): maternal aunt (“sister of one's mother”)
Coordinate term: عمّة (ʕamma, “paternal aunt”)

Root
خ و ل
2 terms

From Arabic خَالَة (ḵāla).

خالة • (ḵāle) f (plural خالات (ḵālāt), masculine خال (ḵāl))