خلیل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic خَلِيل (ḵalīl).

Noun

خلیل • (halil)

  1. close friend

Proper noun

خلیل • (Halil)

  1. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Khalil

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “halil”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيل (ḵalīl).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xalīl
Dari reading? xalīl
Iranian reading? xalil
Tajik reading? xalil

Proper noun

Dari خلیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik Халил

خلیل • (xalil)

  1. (Islam) short for خلیل الله (xalilo-llâh, title of the prophet Abraham)
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 263:
      چون خلیلت سبزه‌ای از آتش تر بردمید
      رخنه‌ای از کفر در اسلام و ایمان ساختی
      čūn xalīlat sabza'ē az ātaš tar bardamīd
      raxna'ē az kufr dar islām u īmān sāxtī
      Like Abraham, your new mustache blossoms fresh from the fire [of your red cheeks];
      You have made a crack of [black] disbelief in the [smooth cheeks of] Islam and faith.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. (archaic) alternative form of الخلیل (alxalil, “Hebron”)
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 105:
      هر جا که یار کعبه جانها مقام اوست
      بگذار طواف قدس خلیل و مدینه را
      har jā ki yār ka'ba-yi jānhā maqām-i ō-st
      bigzār tawāf quds xalīl u madīna rā
      Wherever the beloved is, her place is the Kaaba of souls;
      Put aside the circumambulation of Jerusalem, Hebron, and Medina.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  3. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Khalil

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