خلیل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic خَلِيل (ḵalīl).

Noun

خلیل • (halil)

1. close friend

Proper noun

خلیل • (Halil)

1. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Khalil

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “halil”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيل (ḵalīl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xa.ˈliːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.líːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.líːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.líːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.líl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.líːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.líl]

Readings
Classical reading?	xalīl
Dari reading?	xalīl
Iranian reading?	xalil
Tajik reading?	xalil

Proper noun

Dari	خلیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Халил

خلیل • (xalil)

1. (Islam) Short for خلیل الله (xalilo-llâh, title of the prophet Abraham).
2. (archaic) Alternative form of الخلیل (alxalil, “Hebron”).
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 105:

     هر جا که یار کعبه جانها مقام اوست
     بگذار طواف قدس خلیل و مدینه را

     har jā ki yār ka'ba-yi jānhā maqām-i ō-st
     bigzār tawāf quds xalīl u madīna rā

     Wherever the beloved is, her place is the Kaaba of souls;
     Put aside the circumambulation of Jerusalem, Hebron, and Medina.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

3. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Khalil

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خلیل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim