# دلال
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* د ل ل (d l l)
* 9 terms

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /da.laːl/

#### Noun

دَلَال • (dalāl) m
* verbal noun of دَلَّ (dalla) (form I)
* coquetry, coquettishness

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Occupational noun from the root د ل ل (d l l).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dal.laːl/

#### Noun

دَلَّال • (dallāl) m (plural دَلَّالُون (dallālūn))
* somebody who procures business agreements. auctioneer, broker, pimp, etc.

##### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: دلال (dellal), تلال (tellal)
** Turkish: tellal
** → Albanian: tellall
** → Armenian: թէլլալ (tʻēllal)
** → Romanian: telal
* → Persian: دلال (dallâl) (see there for further descendants)
* → Portuguese: adelo

## Ottoman Turkish
### Alternative forms

* تلال (tellal)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَلّال (dallāl).

### Noun

دلال • (dellal /tellal/) (feminine (only sense 3) دلاله)
* town crier, announcer
* broker, auctioneer
* pimp, bawd

#### Derived terms

* دلاللامق (dellallamak)
* دلاللق (dellallık), تلاللق (tellallık), تلاللك (tellalik)
* دلاله (dellale)
* دلالیه (dellaliye)
* محبت دلالی (muhabbet dellalı, “pimp”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: tellal
* → Albanian: tellall
* → Armenian: թէլլալ (tʻēllal)
* → Romanian: telal

### References

* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دلال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 578
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دلال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 910

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic دَلَّال (dallāl).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [dal.ˈlɑːl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪äl.lɑ́ːl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪äl.lɑ́ːl]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪äl.lɑ́ːl]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪äl.lɔ́ːl̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪æl.lɒ́ːl̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪äl.lɔ́l]

#### Noun

دَلّال • (dallâl)
* somebody who procures business agreements: auctioneer, broker, pimp, etc.
** 1177, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, “حکایت پیرزنی که به ده کلاوه ریسمان خریدار یوسف شد [The Tale of an Old Woman who Bid for Joseph with Ten Hanks of Thread]”, in منطق الطیر [The Conference of the Birds], lines 2605—2607:در میان جمع آمد در خروش، گفت ای دلال کنعانی فروش، ز آرزوی این پسر سر گشته‌ام.dar miyân-e jam' âmad dar xoruš, goft ey dallâl kan'âni foruš, ze ârzu-ye in pesar sar-gašte-am.In the middle of the throng, she came while crying, saying "O auctioneer! Sell the Canaanite [to me]; I am mad with longing for this boy."

##### Descendants

* → Armenian: դալլալ (dallal), դալալ (dalal)
* → Assamese: দালাল (dalal)
* → Middle Bengali: দালাল (dalal)
** Bengali: দালাল (dalal)
* → Gujarati: દલાલ (dalāl)
* → Old Hindi: दलाल (dalāla)
** Hindustani: dalāl
    Hindi: दलाल
**   * → Burmese: ဒလန် (da.lan)
**   * → English: dalal, dalaal, Dalal
    Urdu: دَلَال (dalāl)
* → Kannada: ದಲಾಲ (dalāla)
* → Maithili: dalāl
    Tirhuta script: 𑒠𑒪𑒰𑒪
    Devanagari script: दलाल
* → Malayalam: ദല്ലാലി (dallāli)
* → Marathi: दलाल (dalāl)
* → Marwari: दलाल (dalāl)
* → Odia: ଦଲାଲ (dalāla)
* → Old Punjabi: ਦਲਾਲੁ (dalālu)
** Punjabi: dalāl
    Gurmukhi script: ਦਲਾਲ
    Shahmukhi script: دَلال
* → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: دَلالُ
    Devanagari script: दलालु
* → Tamil: தலால் (talāl)
* → Telugu: దలాలీ (dalālī)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دَلَال (dalāl).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [da.lɑːl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪ä.lɑːl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪ä.lɑːl]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪ä.lɑːl]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪ä.lɔːl̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪æ.lɒːl̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪ä.lɔl]

#### Noun

دَلال • (dalâl)
* coquetry
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 1752:من دلش جسته به صد ناز و دلال، او بهانه کرده با من از ملال‌.man del-aš joste be sad nâz o dalâl, u bahâne karde bâ man az malâl.I sought [to win] His heart with a hundred airs and graces, [but] He made excuses to me in disdain.