خالة

See also: خاله, حالة, and چاله

Arabic

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of noun خَالَة (ḵāla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	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
	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

Descendants

• → Bengali: খালা (khala)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خاله (hala)
  • Turkish: hala
  • → Albanian: hallë
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: хала

    Latin script: hala

• → Persian: خاله (xâle)

References

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

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ و ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic خَالَة (ḵāla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaː.le/, [ˈxæː.le]
• IPA^(key): /xaː.la/, [ˈxæː.la]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

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

1. maternal aunt (mother's sister)

   Endearing form: خالتو (ḵālto)

See also

• عمّة (ʕamme, “paternal aunt”)