क़व्वाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قوال (qawwāl), from Arabic قَوَّال (qawwāl).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /qəʋ.ʋɑːl/, [qɐʋ.ʋäːl], /kəʋ.ʋɑːl/, [kɐʋ.ʋäːl]

Noun

क़व्वाल • (qavvāl) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling قوال)

1. qawwal (a singer of qawwali)

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of क़व्वाल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़व्वाल qavvāl	क़व्वाल qavvāl
oblique	क़व्वाल qavvāl	क़व्वालों qavvālõ
vocative	क़व्वाल qavvāl	क़व्वालो qavvālo

Declension of क़व्वाल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़व्वाल qavvāl	क़व्वालें qavvālẽ
oblique	क़व्वाल qavvāl	क़व्वालों qavvālõ
vocative	क़व्वाल qavvāl	क़व्वालो qavvālo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क़व्वाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press