ئايال

Uyghur

Other scripts
Arabic ئايال
Latin ayal‍
Cyrillic аял (ayal)

Note: The Cyrillic follows the Kazakhstani standard.

Etymology

From Arabic عِيَال (ʕiyāl) through Persian عیال. The semantic sense of “wife, woman” is not present in the original Arabic term and may be a Persian (or more likely Turkic) innovation.

Compare Azerbaijani əyal, Uzbek ayol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɑjɑl/

Noun

ئايال • (ayal) (plural ئاياللار (ayallar))

  1. woman
  2. wife
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