خيال

See also: حيال and خیال

Arabic

Root
خ ي ل (ḵ y l)
7 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.jaːl/

Noun

خَيَال • (ḵayāl) m (plural خَيَالَات (ḵayālāt) or أَخْيِلَة (ʔaḵyila))

1. imagination
   • a. 965, اَلْمُتَنَبِّي [al-mutanabbī], “نَرَى عِظَمًا بِٱلْبَيْنِ وَٱلصَّدُّ أَعْظَمُ [narā ʕiẓaman bi-l-bayni waṣ-ṣaddu ʔaʕẓamu]” (chapter 240), in أَبُو الْبَقَاء الْعُكْبَرِيّ [ʔabū l-baqāʔ al-ʕukbariyy], edited by إِبْرَاهِيم الْأَبْيَارِيّ [ʔibrāhīm al-ʔabyāriyy], مُصْطَفَى السَّقَّا [muṣṭafā s-saqqā], and عَبْد الْحَفِيظ شَلَبِيّ [ʕabd al-ḥafīẓ šalabiyy], ديوان أبي الطيب المتنبي بشرح أبي البقاء العكبري, Part 4, Beirut, Lebanon: دَار الْمَعْرِفَة [dār al-maʕrifa], published 1978, →OCLC, page 83, verse 11:

     بِنَفْسِي الْخَيَالُ الزَّائِرِي بَعْدَ هَجْعَةٍ / وَقَوْلَتُهُ لِي: بَعْدَنَا الْغُمْضَ تَطْعَمُ؟

     binafsī l-ḵayālu z-zāʔirī baʕda hajʕatin / waqawlatuhu lī: baʕdanā l-ḡumḍa taṭʕamu?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. shadow
3. (literature) fiction

Declension

Declension of noun خَيَال (ḵayāl)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَيَال ḵayāl	الْخَيَال al-ḵayāl	خَيَال ḵayāl
nominative	خَيَالٌ ḵayālun	الْخَيَالُ al-ḵayālu	خَيَالُ ḵayālu
accusative	خَيَالًا ḵayālan	الْخَيَالَ al-ḵayāla	خَيَالَ ḵayāla
genitive	خَيَالٍ ḵayālin	الْخَيَالِ al-ḵayāli	خَيَالِ ḵayāli
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَيَالَيْن ḵayālayn	الْخَيَالَيْن al-ḵayālayn	خَيَالَيْ ḵayālay
nominative	خَيَالَانِ ḵayālāni	الْخَيَالَانِ al-ḵayālāni	خَيَالَا ḵayālā
accusative	خَيَالَيْنِ ḵayālayni	الْخَيَالَيْنِ al-ḵayālayni	خَيَالَيْ ḵayālay
genitive	خَيَالَيْنِ ḵayālayni	الْخَيَالَيْنِ al-ḵayālayni	خَيَالَيْ ḵayālay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَيَالَات‎; أَخْيِلَة ḵayālāt‎; ʔaḵyila	الْخَيَالَات‎; الْأَخْيِلَة al-ḵayālāt‎; al-ʔaḵyila	خَيَالَات‎; أَخْيِلَة ḵayālāt‎; ʔaḵyilat
nominative	خَيَالَاتٌ‎; أَخْيِلَةٌ ḵayālātun‎; ʔaḵyilatun	الْخَيَالَاتُ‎; الْأَخْيِلَةُ al-ḵayālātu‎; al-ʔaḵyilatu	خَيَالَاتُ‎; أَخْيِلَةُ ḵayālātu‎; ʔaḵyilatu
accusative	خَيَالَاتٍ‎; أَخْيِلَةً ḵayālātin‎; ʔaḵyilatan	الْخَيَالَاتِ‎; الْأَخْيِلَةَ al-ḵayālāti‎; al-ʔaḵyilata	خَيَالَاتِ‎; أَخْيِلَةَ ḵayālāti‎; ʔaḵyilata
genitive	خَيَالَاتٍ‎; أَخْيِلَةٍ ḵayālātin‎; ʔaḵyilatin	الْخَيَالَاتِ‎; الْأَخْيِلَةِ al-ḵayālāti‎; al-ʔaḵyilati	خَيَالَاتِ‎; أَخْيِلَةِ ḵayālāti‎; ʔaḵyilati

Derived terms

• خيالي (“imaginary”, adjective)

Descendants

• Maltese: ħjiel
• → Azerbaijani: xəyal
• → Bashkir: хыял (xıyal)
• → Kazakh: қиял (qiäl)
• → Kyrgyz: кыял (kıyal)
• → Malay: khayal
  • Indonesian: khayal
• → Ottoman Turkish: خیال (hayâl), խայալ (hayal), խաեալ (hayal) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: hayal
• → Classical Persian: خَیال (xayāl)
  • → Bengali: খেয়াল (kheẏal)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ख़याल (xayāl), ख़्याल (xyāl), खयाल (khayāl) (nuqtaless), ख्याल (khyāl)

    Urdu: خَیال (xayāl)

    • → Ushojo: خیال

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਿਆਲ (xiāla), ਖਿਆਲ (khiāla) (nuqtaless)

    Shahmukhi script: خیال (xiyāl, xayāl)

  • → Sylheti: ꠈꠤꠀꠟ (kíal)
• → Turkmen: hyýal
• → Uyghur: خىيال (xiyal)
• → Uzbek: xayol

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَيَالْ (ḵayāl)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæjæːl/

Noun

خيال • (ḵayāl) m (plural خيالات (ḵayalāt))

1. shadow

   ده بيخاف من خياله ― da bīḵāf min ḵayālu ― He is scared of his own shadow

2. reflection