# رحل
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Form I verb from the root ر ح ل (r ḥ l).

#### Verb

رَحَلَ • (raḥala) I (non-past يَرْحَلُ (yarḥalu), verbal noun رَحْل (raḥl) or رَحِيل (raḥīl))
* to saddle, to mount
    Synonym: رَكَبَ (rakaba)
* to set out
* to leave, depart
    Synonym: غَادَرَ (ḡādara)
** a. 1369, Ibn Battuta, “العراق وفارس”, in رحلة ابن بطوطة, volume 1, →ISBN, page 211:ثُمَّ رَحَلْنَا وَنَزَلْنَا قَرْيَةً تُعْرَفُ بِالْمُوَيْلِحَةِ. ثُمَّ رَحَلْنَا مِنْهَا وَنَزَلْنَا جَزِيرَةَ ٱبْنِ عُمَرَ، وَهِيَ مَدِينَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ، مُحِيطٌ بِهَا الْوَادِي، وَلِذٰلِكَ سُمِّيَتْ جَزِيرَةً، وَأَكْثَرُهَا خَرَابٌ.ṯumma raḥalnā wanazalnā qaryatan tuʕrafu bi-l-muwayliḥati. ṯumma raḥalnā minhā wanazalnā jazīrata bni ʕumara, wahiya madīnatun kabīratun ḥasanatun, muḥīṭun bihā l-wādī, waliḏālika summiyat jazīratan, waʔakṯaruhā ḵarābun.Journeying on, we halted at a village called al-Muwailiha, and from there alighted at Jazirat Ibn ‘Omar, a large and beautiful city surrounded by the river [Tigris], which is the reason why it is called Jazira [‘island’]. The greater part of it is in ruins.Translated by H. A. R. Gibb
* to emigrate
    Synonym: هَاجَرَ (hājara)
* (euphemistic) to die

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Form II verb from the root ر ح ل (r ḥ l).

#### Verb

رَحَّلَ • (raḥḥala) II (non-past يُرَحِّلُ (yuraḥḥilu), verbal noun تَرْحِيل (tarḥīl))
* to make depart
** to send out, to dispatch, to urge
** to transport, to deport, to relocate, to carry over
** to carry over, to convey

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

* Root
* ر ح ل (r ḥ l)
* 7 terms

#### Noun

رَحْل • (raḥl) m (plural رِحَال (riḥāl))
* verbal noun of رَحَلَ (raḥala) (form I)
* camel saddle
* saddlebags
* (metonymically) camel
* baggage, luggage
* (in the plural) stopping place

##### Descendants

* Maltese: raħal
* → Ottoman Turkish: رحله (rahle)
** Turkish: rahle

### References

* Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “رحل”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 516–517
* Freytag, Georg (1833) “رحل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 132
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “رحل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1053–1054
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “رحل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 383

## Moroccan Arabic

* Root
* ر ح ل
* 1 term

### Etymology 1

From Arabic رَحَلَ (raḥala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rħal/

#### Verb

رحل • (rḥal) I (non-past يرحل (yirḥal))
* to move house
* to set out

### Etymology 2

From Arabic رَحَّلَ (raḥḥala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raħ.ħal/

#### Verb

رحل • (raḥḥal) II (non-past يرحل (yraḥḥal))
* to transport, to relocate

##### Conjugation
## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ر ح ل
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic رَحَلَ (raḥala).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ra.ħal/, [ˈra.ħal]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

رحل • (raḥal) I (present برحل (birḥal))
* to emigrate, to move away
    Synonym: نقل (naʔal)
* to wander, to roam
    Synonyms: تجوّل (tjawwal), طشّ (ṭašš)