بحال

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

  • فحال (fḥāl)

Etymology

Inherited from common Maghrebi Arabic, eventually from بِحالِ (bi-ḥāli, literally “in the state of”). Compare Maltese bħal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bħaːl/

Preposition

بحال • (bḥāl)

  1. similar to, like, as

Inflection

Inflection of بحال
base form بحال (bḥāl)
Personal-pronoun including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person بحالي (bḥāli) بحالنا (bḥālna)
2nd person بحالك (bḥālek) بحالك (bḥālki) بحالكم (bḥālkum)
3rd person بحاله (bḥālu) بحالها (bḥālha) بحالهم (bḥālhum)

Urdu

Etymology

From بـ (ba-) +‎ حال (ḥāl).

Pronunciation

Adjective

بَحال • (bahāl) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बहाल)

  1. reinstated, restored

References

  • “بحال”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “بحال”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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