See also: خال and چال

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ح و ل (ḥ w l)
30 terms

Verb

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حَالَ (ḥāla) I (non-past يَحُولُ (yaḥūlu), verbal noun حَوْل (ḥawl) or حُؤُول (ḥuʔūl))

  1. to change, to be transformed
  2. to turn, to transform [with إِلَى (ʔilā) or accusative ‘into something’]
  3. to become [with إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘something’]
  4. to dodge, to evade [with عَن (ʕan) ‘something, e.g. a commitment’]
  5. to elapse, to pass, to go by
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حَالَ (ḥāla) I (non-past يَحُولُ (yaḥūlu), verbal noun حَوْل (ḥawl) or حَيْلُولَة (ḥaylūla) or حُؤُول (ḥuʔūl))

  1. to intervene, to come [with بَيْنَ (bayna) ‘between two things’]
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 8:24:
      وَٱعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ المَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ
      wa-ʕlamū ʔanna llāha yaḥūlu bayna l-marʔi wa-qalbihi
      And know that God stands between a person and their heart []
  2. to prevent [with دُونَ (dūna) ‘something’]
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Noun

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حَال (ḥālm or f (plural أَحْوَال (ʔaḥwāl))

  1. condition, state, situation, position, status, circumstance, matter, concern, being
  2. current circumstances, present, actuality
  3. (grammar) present
    Coordinate terms: مَاضٍ (māḍin), مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal)
  4. (grammar) a circumstantial expression, adverbial
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: hal
  • Middle Armenian: հալ (hal)
  • Bengali: হাল (hal)
  • Malay: hal
    • Indonesian: hal
  • Ottoman Turkish: حال (hâl)
  • Persian: حال (hâl)
  • Swahili: hali

Etymology 2

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Adverbial accusative of حَال (ḥāl, circumstance).

Preposition

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حَالَ (ḥāla)

  1. during, right after, immediately upon
Inflection
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    Inflected forms
Base form حَالَ (ḥāla)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person حَالِي (ḥālī) حَالَنَا (ḥālanā)
Second person حَالَكَ (ḥālaka) حَالَكِ (ḥālaki) حَالَكُمَا (ḥālakumā) حَالَكُمْ (ḥālakum) حَالَكُنَّ (ḥālakunna)
Third person حَالَهُ (ḥālahu) حَالَهَا (ḥālahā) حَالَهُمَا (ḥālahumā) حَالَهُمْ (ḥālahum) حَالَهُنَّ (ḥālahunna)

Etymology 3

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Root
ح ل ي (ḥ l y)
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Adjective

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حَالٍ (ḥālin) (feminine حَالِيَة (ḥāliya), masculine plural حَوَالٍ (ḥawālin), feminine plural حَالِيَات (ḥāliyāt))

  1. active participle of حَلَى (ḥalā)
  2. wearing an ornament or jewellery
  3. having an ornament or jewellery
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North Levantine Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic حال (ḥāl).

Noun

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حال (ḥālm (plural احوال (aḥwāl))

  1. condition; state
  2. case; circumstance

Pronoun

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حال (ḥāl-)

  1. (with personal suffix) -self; -selves (reflexive pronoun)
    ما بفهم ناس ما هما الا حالا
    Ma bifham nās ma hamma illa ḥāla.
    I don't understand people who care only about themselves.

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَال (ḥāl).

Noun

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حال (hâl) (plural احوال (ahvâl))

  1. situation, state, condition
    Synonym: وضعیت (vażʿiyyet)
  2. attitude, behaviour
    Synonym: طاورانیش (davranış)
  3. manner, method, mode
  4. present (this current moment)
  5. (grammar) present tense
  6. (grammar) noun in the adverbial accusative (in Arabic)
  7. power, strength
    Synonyms: طاقت (takat), گوچ (güç), قوت (kuvvet)
  8. pain, grief, sorrow, distress
    Synonyms: درد (derd), كدر (keder), صیقندی (sıkındı)
  9. quality, property, attribute
  10. extasy, trance, in which Sufi mystics go
    Synonym: وجد (vecd)
  11. ardent sexual love, passion

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Adverb

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حال (hâl)

  1. now
    Synonym: شمدی (şimdi)

See also

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  • حل (hal, solution)
  • خال (hal, mother's brother)
  • خال (hal, spot on the skin)
  • خل (hal, vinegar)
  • خلع (hal, removal)

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Persian

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? hāl
Dari reading? hāl
Iranian reading? hâl
Tajik reading? hol
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic حَال (ḥāl, state, condition).

Noun

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حال (hâl) (plural حالات (hâlât) or احوال (ahvâl))

  1. condition; state
    حالت خوبه؟hâl-et xub-e?How are you? (literally, “Is your state good?”)
    • 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 126:
      بس که می‌خواهم که داند عاشقان را حال چیست
      حال زارم بیند و می‌پرسدم کاحوال چیست
      bas ki mē-xwāham ki dānad āšiqān rā hāl čīst
      hāl-i zāram bīnad u mē-pursadam k-ahwāl čīst
      I so dearly want her to know what the state of [her] lovers are,
      For her to see my wretched state and ask me what the matter is.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    1. condition of health; (on its own) good health
      استراحت حال او را بهتر نکرده.
      esterâhat hâl-e u râ behtar na-karde.
      Rest has not improved his health.
    2. mood, state of mind
      من حال غذا خوردن ندارم.
      man hâl-e ğazâ xordan na-dâram.
      I'm not in the mood to eat something.
    3. (including Sufism) ecstatic or mystical state
  2. Short for زمان حال (zamân-e hâl, (grammar) the present tense).
  3. (in idiomatic expressions) senses, consciousness
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Etymology 2

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Adverb

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حال (hâl)

  1. Alternative form of حالا (hâlâ, now).

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ح و ل
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Etymology

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From Arabic حَال (ḥāl).

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Noun

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حال (ḥālm (plural أحوال (ʔaḥwāl))

  1. state, condition
  2. case, instance

Pronoun

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حال (ḥāl-)

  1. (with personal suffix) -self, -selves (reflexive pronoun)
    Synonym: نفس (nafs-)

Inflection

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    Inflected forms of حال
Base form حال (ḥāl)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person حالي (ḥāli) حالنا (ḥālna)
2nd person حالك (ḥālak) حالك (ḥālek) حالكم (ḥālkom)
3rd person حاله (ḥālo) حالها (ḥālha) حالهم (ḥālhom)

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian حال (hāl), from Arabic حَال (ḥāl).

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Noun

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حال (hālm (formal plural حالات (hālāt), Hindi spelling हाल)

  1. state, condition
  2. (time) present
  3. status
  4. circumstance

Declension

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    Declension of حال
singular plural
direct حال (hāl) حال (hāl)
oblique حال (hāl) حالوں (hālõ)
vocative حال (hāl) حالو (hālo)

References

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  • حال”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • حال”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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