خيال

See also: حيال and خیال

Arabic

Root
خ ي ل (ḵ-y-l)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.jaːl/

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Noun

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

1. imagination
2. shadow
3. (literature) fiction

Declension

Declension of noun خَيَال (ḵayāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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)
	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)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خیال
  • Turkish: hayal
• → Classical Persian: خَیال
  • → Bengali: খেয়াল (kheẏal)
  • → Hindi: ख़याल (xayāl)
  • → Punjabi: ਖਿਆਲ (khiāla)
  • → Urdu: خَیال (xayāl)
• → 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))

1. shadow

   ده بيخاف من خياله

   da bīḵāf min ḵayālu

   He is scared of his own shadow

2. reflection