عیال

Persian

Alternative forms

• یال (yāl／yâl)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِيَال (ʕiyāl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔi.ˈjɑːl], [ʔa.ˈjɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɑ́ːl], [ʔä.jɑ́ːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɑ́ːl], [ʔä.jɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɑ́ːl], [ʔä.jɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɔ́ːl̥], [ʔä.jɔ́ːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɒ́ːl̥], [ʔæ.jɒ́ːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɔ́l], [ʔä.jɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading?	iyāl, ayāl
Dari reading?	iyāl, ayāl
Iranian reading?	iyâl, eyâl
Tajik reading?	iyol, ayol

Noun

عیال • (iyāl／iyâl or ayāl／eyâl)

1. plural of عیل (ayyil／eyyel, “wife, offspring”), wife (and offspring), household, family

   Synonyms: خاندان (xândân), فامیل (fâmil), عائله (â'ele)

   • 13th century, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, پندنامه [Pandnāma]‎^[1]:

     آدمی را چار چیز آرد شکست
     با تو گویم گوش دار ای حق‌پرست
     دشمن بسیار و وام بی‌شمار
     شغل بی‌حد و عیال بی‌قطار

     ādamē rā čār čīz ārad šikast
     bā tu gōyam gōš dār ay haq-parast
     dušman-i bisyār u wām-i bēšumār
     šuğl-i bēhadd u iyāl-i bēqitār

     Four things bring destruction upon men
     O' truthseeker, I will tell you, so listen
     Many enemies and countless loans
     Limitless work and dysfunctional families

   عیالش را طلاق داد.

   iyâlaš râ talâq dâd.

   He divorced his wife.

   او ده سر عیال دارد.

   u dah sar iyâl dârad.

   He has a family of ten members.

Derived terms

• عیالوار ('iyālwār／iyâlvâr, “having a (large) family”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: əyal (“wife; family”)
• → Kazakh: әйел (äiel, “woman; wife”)
• → Turkmen: aýal (“(married) woman; wife”)
• → Uyghur: ئايال (ayal, “woman; wife”)
• → Uzbek: ayol (“woman”)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عیال”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Mo'in, Mohammad (1972) “عیال”, in Moeen Encyclopedic Dictionary [فرهنگ معین] (in Persian), Tehran: Amirkabir
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “عیال”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press