# خال
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of خَلَا (ḵalā, “to be empty, to be free, to lack, to withdraw, to devote oneself, to forsake, to pass”).

#### Adjective

خَالٍ • (ḵālin) (construct state خَالِي (ḵālī), feminine خَالِيَة (ḵāliya), masculine plural خَالُونَ (ḵālūna), feminine plural خَالِيَات (ḵāliyāt) or خَوَالٍ (ḵawālin), feminine plural construct state خَوَالِي (ḵawālī))
* empty, void
* open, vacant
* free, unrestrained, unencumbered
* -less, un-
* celibate

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

خَالَ • (ḵāla) I (non-past يَخَالُ (yaḵālu), verbal noun خَيْل (ḵayl) or خَيَلَان (ḵayalān) or خَيْلَة (ḵayla) or خَيْلُولَة (ḵaylūla) or مَخِيلَة (maḵīla) or مَخَالَة (maḵāla))
* to assume, to presume, to think as
    إِنِّي إِخَالُكَ صَادِقًاʔinnī ʔiḵāluka ṣādiqan(please add an English translation of this usage example)
** Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma
    وَمَا أَدْرِي وَلَسْتِ إِخَالُ أَدْرِي / أَقَوْمٌ آلُ حِصْنٍ أَمْ نِسَاءُwamā ʔadrī walasti ʔiḵālu ʔadrī / ʔaqawmun ʔālu ḥiṣnin ʔam nisāʔu(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3
#### Noun

خَال • (ḵāl) m (plural أَخْوَال (ʔaḵwāl) or خُؤُول (ḵuʔūl) or خُؤُولَة (ḵuʔūla), feminine خَالَة (ḵāla))
* maternal uncle (one's mother's brother)

##### Related terms

* خُؤُولَة (ḵuʔūla)

### Etymology 4

Related to holes, defects, blemishes.

#### Noun

خَال • (ḵāl) m (plural خِيلَان (ḵīlān))
* beauty spot, birthmark
* spot
* mole

##### Declension
### Etymology 5
#### Verb

خَالَّ • (ḵālla) III (non-past يُخَالُّ (yuḵāllu), verbal noun مُخَالَّة (muḵālla) or خِلَال (ḵilāl))
* to befriend, to act cordial towards
** (Can we date this quote?), Sunan Abī Dāwūd:الرَّجُلُ عَلَى دِينِ خَلِيلِهِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَحَدُكُمْ مَنْ يُخَالِلُar-rajulu ʕalā dīni ḵalīlihi falyanẓur ʔaḥadukum man yuḵālilu(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 6

Derived from the active participle of خَلَّ (ḵalla, “to have gaps”).

#### Adjective

خَالّ • (ḵāll)
* having interstices, breaks, chinks
* indigent, pauper

##### Declension
## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xaːl/, [xæːl]

### Noun

خال • (ḵāl) f (plural خيلان (ḵilān), feminine خالة (ḵāla))
* maternal uncle (“brother of one's mother”)
    Coordinate term: عمّ (ʕamm, “paternal uncle”)

#### Derived terms

* خالو (ḵālu, endearing form)

## Laki
### Etymology

From Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

### Noun

خال (xal)
* beauty spot
* spot
* mole

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خال (ḵāl).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [xɑːl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xɑːl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xɑːl]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [xɑːl]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [xɔːl̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [xɒːl̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [χɔl]

### Noun

خال • (xâl)
* beauty spot
* spot
* mole
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 191:در بیان ناید جمال حال او هر دو عالم چیست عکس خال اوdar bayān n-āyad jamāl-i hāl-i ō har dū 'ālam čīst 'aks-i xāl-i ōThe beauty of His state cannot be set forth: what are both the worlds (temporal and spiritual)? The reflexion of His mole.

#### Descendants

* Armenian: խալ (xal)
* Azerbaijani: xal
* Kazakh: қал (qal)
* Georgian: ხალი (xali)
* → Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: خاڵ (xall)
* Urdu: خال (xāl)
* Ushojo: خال (xāl)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xaːl/, [xæːl]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

خال • (ḵāl) m (plural خوال (ḵwāl), feminine خالة (ḵāle))
* maternal uncle (mother's brother)
    Endearing form: خالو (ḵālo)

#### See also

عمّ (ʕamm, “paternal uncle”)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خال (xāl), from Arabic خال (ḵāl).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /xɑːl/

### Noun

خال • (xāl) m (Hindi spelling ख़ाल)
* beauty spot

## Ushojo
### Etymology

From Urdu خال (xāl).

### Noun

خال (xāl) ?
* beauty spot
* forehead beauty spot