قیل و قال

Persian

Alternative forms

• قیل و مقال (qil-o-maqâl), قال و قول (qâl-o-qul), قال و مقال (qâl-o-maqâl), قال‌مقال (qâl-maqâl), قال‌قال (qâl-qâl)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِيل وَقال (qīl waqāl, literally “it was said and [then] he said”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qiː.lu.ˈqɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qiː.lʊ.qɑ́ːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qiː.lʊ.qɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qiː.lʊ.qɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qu.lu.qɔ́ːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qiː.lo.ʁɒ́ːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qi.lu.qɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading?	qīluqāl
Dari reading?	qīluqāl
Iranian reading?	ğiloğâl
Tajik reading?	qiluqol

Noun

قیل و قال • (qil o qâl)

1. brawl, dispute, commotion, tumult

   Synonyms: سر و صدا (sar o sedâ), شلوغ (šoluğ)

2. exchange of claims; pedantic argumentation
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 351”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     از قیل و قالِ مدرسه حالی دلم گرفت
     یک چند نیز خدمتِ معشوق و می کنم

     az qīl u qāl-i madrasa halē dil-am girift
     yak čand nēz xidmat-i ma'šuq u may kunam

     My heart has gotten sick of the seminary's "it was said and he said";
     For a while, let me serve the beloved and the wine.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qalmaqal
  • → Armenian: ղալմաղալ (ġalmaġal)
  • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܠܡܩܠ (qālmāqāl)
  • → Avar: гъалмагъир (ğalmağir)
  • → Dargwa: къалмакъал (ɢalmaɢal)
  • → Georgian: აყალმაყალი (aq̇almaq̇ali)
  • → Kumyk: къалмагъал (qalmağal)
  • → Lak: къалмакъал (q:almaq:al)
  • → Lezgi: къалмакъал (q̄almaq̄al)
  • → Talysh: ғәлмәғәл
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi:

  Urdu: قال مقال (qāl maqāl)

• → Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: qalmeqal, qalmeqalm

• → Ottoman Turkish: قیل وقال (kıl ve kal), قال ومقال (kal ve makal), قال مقال (kal makal), قالمقال (kalmakal)
  • → Armenian: խալմախալ (xalmaxal)
  • → Crimean Tatar: kalmakal
• → Turkmen: galmagal