# خلال
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Adverbial accusative of the plural of خَلَل (ḵalal, “gap”), i.e. “between the gap of”.

#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

#### Preposition

خِلَالَ • (ḵilāla)
* during, in the course of
    خِلَالَ القِسْمِ الأَكْبَرِ مِنْ القُرُونِ الوُسْطَى الأُورُوبِيَّةḵilāla al-qismi l-ʔakbari min al-qurūni l-wusṭā l-ʔūrūbiyyaduring the most part of European Middle Ages
** 2009 July 5, “رئيس الاركان الامريكي يحذر من ضرب ايران”, in BBC Arabic‎:قد تعهد خلال حملته الانتخابيَة بفتح حوار مع ايرانqad taʕahhada xilāla ḥamlatihi al-ʔintixābiyyati bi-fataḥa ḥiwāran maʕa ʔīrānDuring his election campaign, he pledged to open dialogue with Iran.

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

خِلَال • (ḵilāl) m (plural أَخِلَّة (ʔaḵilla))
* toothpick, spit, drill, and other instruments used for picking or perforating

##### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: خلال (hilal)
** Turkish: hilal

#### Noun

خِلَال • (ḵilāl) m
* verbal noun of خَالَّ (ḵālla) (form III)
* friendship
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 14:31:مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَا بَيْعٌ فِيهِ وَلَا خِلَالٌmin qabli ʔan yaʔtiya yawmun lā bayʕun fīhi walā ḵilālunBefore a day arises wherein there will be neither traffic nor friendship.

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Occupational noun denominal from خَلّ (ḵall, “vinegar”).

#### Noun

خَلَّال • (ḵallāl) m (plural خَلَّالُونَ (ḵallālūna), feminine خَلَّالَة (ḵallāla))
* vinegar maker or seller

##### Declension
### Etymology 4
#### Noun

خِلَال • (ḵilāl) pl
* plural of خَلّ (ḵall)
* plural of خَلَل (ḵalal)
* plural of خَلَّة (ḵalla)
* plural of خِلَّة (ḵilla)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِلَال (ḵilāl, “toothpick”).

### Noun

خلال • (hilal) (plural اخله (ahle))
* toothpick, a small stick for removing food residue from between the teeth
    Synonym: كوردان (kürdan)
* earpick, auriscalp, a small instrument for removing earwax from the ear
* space or place, opening, interval, room, between two or among many things
    Synonyms: آرا (ara), آرالق (aralık), بوشلق (boşluk), مابین (mabeyin), مسافه (mesafe)

#### Derived terms

* خلال اوتی (hilal otu, “toothpickweed”)
* خلالی (hilalî, “maker or seller of toothpicks”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: hilal

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hilal2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1965
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “hilâl”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 441
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خلال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 548
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Dentiscalpium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 352
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “خلال”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 1926
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hilal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خلال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 859

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic خِلَالَ (ḵilāla).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xi.laːl/, [xɪˈlæːl]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Preposition

خلال • (ḵilāl)
* within, during, in the course of
* through