خيال

See also: حيال and خیال

Arabic

Root
خ ي ل (ḵ y l)
7 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xa.jaːl/

Noun

خَيَال • (ḵayāl) m (dual خَيَالَان (ḵayālān), plural خَيَالَات (ḵayālāt) or أَخْيِلَة (ʔaḵyila))

imagination
- a. 965, اَلْمُتَنَبِّي [al-mutanabbī], “نَرَى عِظَمًا بِٱلْبَيْنِ وَٱلصَّدُّ أَعْظَمُ [narā ʕiẓaman bi-l-bayni waṣ-ṣaddu ʔaʕẓamu]” (chapter 240), in أَبُو الْبَقَاء الْعُكْبَرِيّ [ʔabū l-baqāʔ al-ʕukbariyy], edited by إِبْرَاهِيم الْأَبْيَارِيّ [ʔibrāhīm al-ʔabyāriyy], مُصْطَفَى السَّقَّا [muṣṭafā s-saqqā], and عَبْد الْحَفِيظ شَلَبِيّ [ʕabd al-ḥafīẓ šalabiyy], ديوان أبي الطيب المتنبي بشرح أبي البقاء العكبري, Part 4, Beirut, Lebanon: دَار الْمَعْرِفَة [dār al-maʕrifa], published 1978, →OCLC, page 83, verse 11:
  بِنَفْسِي الْخَيَالُ الزَّائِرِي بَعْدَ هَجْعَةٍ / وَقَوْلَتُهُ لِي: بَعْدَنَا الْغُمْضَ تَطْعَمُ؟
  binafsī l-ḵayālu z-zāʔirī baʕda hajʕatin / waqawlatuhu lī: baʕdanā l-ḡumḍa taṭʕamu?
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
shadow
(literature) fiction

Declension

Declension of noun **خَيَال** (ḵayāl)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَيَال ḵayāl	الْخَيَال al-ḵayāl	خَيَال ḵayāl
nominative	خَيَالٌ ḵayālun	الْخَيَالُ al-ḵayālu	خَيَالُ ḵayālu
accusative	خَيَالًا ḵayālan	الْخَيَالَ al-ḵayāla	خَيَالَ ḵayāla
genitive	خَيَالٍ ḵayālin	الْخَيَالِ al-ḵayāli	خَيَالِ ḵayāli
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَيَالَيْن ḵayālayn	الْخَيَالَيْن al-ḵayālayn	خَيَالَيْ ḵayālay
nominative	خَيَالَانِ ḵayālāni	الْخَيَالَانِ al-ḵayālāni	خَيَالَا ḵayālā
accusative	خَيَالَيْنِ ḵayālayni	الْخَيَالَيْنِ al-ḵayālayni	خَيَالَيْ ḵayālay
genitive	خَيَالَيْنِ ḵayālayni	الْخَيَالَيْنِ al-ḵayālayni	خَيَالَيْ ḵayālay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَيَالَات‎; أَخْيِلَة ḵayālāt‎; ʔaḵyila	الْخَيَالَات‎; الْأَخْيِلَة al-ḵayālāt‎; al-ʔaḵyila	خَيَالَات‎; أَخْيِلَة ḵayālāt‎; ʔaḵyilat
nominative	خَيَالَاتٌ‎; أَخْيِلَةٌ ḵayālātun‎; ʔaḵyilatun	الْخَيَالَاتُ‎; الْأَخْيِلَةُ al-ḵayālātu‎; al-ʔaḵyilatu	خَيَالَاتُ‎; أَخْيِلَةُ ḵayālātu‎; ʔaḵyilatu
accusative	خَيَالَاتٍ‎; أَخْيِلَةً ḵayālātin‎; ʔaḵyilatan	الْخَيَالَاتِ‎; الْأَخْيِلَةَ al-ḵayālāti‎; al-ʔaḵyilata	خَيَالَاتِ‎; أَخْيِلَةَ ḵayālāti‎; ʔaḵyilata
genitive	خَيَالَاتٍ‎; أَخْيِلَةٍ ḵayālātin‎; ʔaḵyilatin	الْخَيَالَاتِ‎; الْأَخْيِلَةِ al-ḵayālāti‎; al-ʔaḵyilati	خَيَالَاتِ‎; أَخْيِلَةِ ḵayālāti‎; ʔaḵyilati

Derived terms

خيالي (“imaginary”, adjective)

Descendants

Maltese: ħjiel
→ Azerbaijani: xəyal
→ Bashkir: хыял (xıyal)
→ Kazakh: қиял (qiäl)
→ Kyrgyz: кыял (kıyal)
→ Malay: khayal
- Indonesian: khayal
→ Ottoman Turkish: خیال
- Turkish: hayal
→ Classical Persian: خَیال
- → Bengali: খেয়াল (kheẏal)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: ख़याल (xayāl), ख़्याल (xyāl), खयाल (khayāl), ख्याल (khyāl)
  Urdu: خَیال (xayāl)
  - → Ushojo: خیال
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਿਆਲ (xiāla)
  Shahmukhi script: خیال (xeyāl)
- Sylheti: ꠈꠤꠀꠟ (kíal)
→ Turkmen: hyýal
→ Uyghur: خىيال (xiyal)
→ Uzbek: xayol

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَيَالْ (ḵayāl)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xæjæːl/

Noun

خيال • (ḵayāl) m (plural خيالات (ḵayalāt))

shadow
ده بيخاف من خياله ― da bīḵāf min ḵayālu ― He is scared of his own shadow
reflection