تأويل

Arabic

Root
ء و ل (ʔ w l)
15 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of أَوَّلَ (ʔawwala).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taʔ.wiːl/
Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

تَأْوِيل • (taʔwīl) m

verbal noun of أَوَّلَ (ʔawwala) (form II)
interpretation

Declension

Declension of noun **تَأْوِيل** (taʔwīl)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَأْوِيل taʔwīl	التَّأْوِيل at-taʔwīl	تَأْوِيل taʔwīl
nominative	تَأْوِيلٌ taʔwīlun	التَّأْوِيلُ at-taʔwīlu	تَأْوِيلُ taʔwīlu
accusative	تَأْوِيلًا taʔwīlan	التَّأْوِيلَ at-taʔwīla	تَأْوِيلَ taʔwīla
genitive	تَأْوِيلٍ taʔwīlin	التَّأْوِيلِ at-taʔwīli	تَأْوِيلِ taʔwīli

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَأْوِيل (taʔwīl)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /taʔ.ˈwiːl/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.wíːl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.wíːl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.wíl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæʔ.víːl̥]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæː.víːl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.víl]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ta'wīl
Dari reading^?	ta'wīl
Iranian reading^?	ta'vil
Tajik reading^?	ta'vil


Iranian Persian	تأويل
Dari	تأويل
Tajik	таъвил

Noun

تأويل • (ta'vil) (plural تأویلات (ta'vilât))

paraphrase, commentary, explanation, interpretation
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3742:
  ز آن که تاویل است وا داد عطا
  چون که بیند آن حقیقت را خطا
  za ān ki ta'wīl ast wā-dād 'atā
  čōn ki bi-bīnad ān haqiqat rā xatā
  Because interpretation (alteration of the meaning) is a rejection of the gift,
  since he (the interpreter) regards that real meaning as faulty.

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تأویل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim