خېل

Pashto

Etymology

From Classical Persian خیل (xēl, “troop; kind”), from Arabic خَيْل (ḵayl, “horses”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xel/
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Noun

خېل • (xel) m

  1. tribe, clan
  2. tribesman, clansman
  3. (Waziristani) kind, species

Declension

Declension of خېل
singular plural
direct خېل (xel) خېلونه (xeluna)
oblique خېل (xel) خېلونو (xeluno)
vocative خېله (xela) خېلونو (xeluno)

References

  1. ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) “xel”, in Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 95: “xel m. 'a tribal section, member of one'; Waz also 'kind, species'. — LW < Ar/Prs xayl 'troop, tribe', cf. Kurd xēl 'tribe', etc. (Not < Av xᵛaētu- 'belonging to (a clan/family)', which would give Pš xw°.)”
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