دلال

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
د ل ل (d l l)
9 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da.laːl/

Noun

دَلَال • (dalāl) m

verbal noun of دَلَّ (dalla) (form I)
coquetry, coquettishness

Declension

Declension of noun **دَلَال** (dalāl)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دَلَال dalāl	الدَّلَال ad-dalāl	دَلَال dalāl
nominative	دَلَالٌ dalālun	الدَّلَالُ ad-dalālu	دَلَالُ dalālu
accusative	دَلَالًا dalālan	الدَّلَالَ ad-dalāla	دَلَالَ dalāla
genitive	دَلَالٍ dalālin	الدَّلَالِ ad-dalāli	دَلَالِ dalāli

Etymology 2

Occupational noun from the root د ل ل (d l l).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dal.laːl/

Noun

دَلَّال • (dallāl) m (plural دَلَّالُون (dallālūn))

somebody who procures business agreements. auctioneer, broker, pimp, etc.

Declension

Declension of noun **دَلَّال** (dallāl)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دَلَّال dallāl	الدَّلَّال ad-dallāl	دَلَّال dallāl
nominative	دَلَّالٌ dallālun	الدَّلَّالُ ad-dallālu	دَلَّالُ dallālu
accusative	دَلَّالًا dallālan	الدَّلَّالَ ad-dallāla	دَلَّالَ dallāla
genitive	دَلَّالٍ dallālin	الدَّلَّالِ ad-dallāli	دَلَّالِ dallāli
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دَلَّالَيْن dallālayn	الدَّلَّالَيْن ad-dallālayn	دَلَّالَيْ dallālay
nominative	دَلَّالَانِ dallālāni	الدَّلَّالَانِ ad-dallālāni	دَلَّالَا dallālā
accusative	دَلَّالَيْنِ dallālayni	الدَّلَّالَيْنِ ad-dallālayni	دَلَّالَيْ dallālay
genitive	دَلَّالَيْنِ dallālayni	الدَّلَّالَيْنِ ad-dallālayni	دَلَّالَيْ dallālay
plural	sound masculine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دَلَّالِين dallālīn	الدَّلَّالِين ad-dallālīn	دَلَّالِي dallālī
nominative	دَلَّالُونَ dallālūna	الدَّلَّالُونَ ad-dallālūna	دَلَّالُو dallālū
accusative	دَلَّالِينَ dallālīna	الدَّلَّالِينَ ad-dallālīna	دَلَّالِي dallālī
genitive	دَلَّالِينَ dallālīna	الدَّلَّالِينَ ad-dallālīna	دَلَّالِي dallālī

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: دلال (dellal), تلال (tellal)
- Turkish: tellal
- → Albanian: tellall
- → Armenian: թէլլալ (tʻēllal)
- → Romanian: telal
→ Persian: دلال (dallâl) (see there for further descendants)
→ Portuguese: adelo

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

تلال (tellal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَلّال (dallāl).

Noun

دلال • (dellal /tellal/) (feminine (only sense 3) دلاله)

Derived terms

دلاللامق (dellallamak)
دلاللق (dellallık), تلاللق (tellallık), تلاللك (tellalik)
دلاله (dellale)
دلالیه (dellaliye)
محبت دلالی (muhabbet dellalı, “pimp”)

Descendants

Turkish: tellal
→ Albanian: tellall
→ Armenian: թէլլալ (tʻēllal)
→ Romanian: telal

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دلال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 578
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دلال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 910

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic دَلَّال (dallāl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /dal.ˈlaːl/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äl.lɑ́ːl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äl.lɑ́ːl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äl.lɔ́ːl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æl.lɒ́ːl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äl.lɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dallāl
Dari reading^?	dallāl
Iranian reading^?	dallâl
Tajik reading^?	dallol

Noun

دَلّال • (dallâl)

somebody who procures business agreements: auctioneer, broker, pimp, etc.
- 1177, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, “حکایت پیرزنی که به ده کلاوه ریسمان خریدار یوسف شد [The Tale of an Old Woman who Bid for Joseph with Ten Hanks of Thread]”, in منطق الطیر [The Conference of the Birds], lines 2605—2607:
  در میان جمع آمد در خروش، گفت ای دلال کنعانی فروش، ز آرزوی این پسر سر گشته‌ام.
  dar miyân-e jam' âmad dar xoruš, goft ey dallâl kan'âni foruš, ze ârzu-ye in pesar sar-gašte-am.
  In the middle of the throng, she came while crying, saying "O auctioneer! Sell the Canaanite [to me]; I am mad with longing for this boy."

Descendants

→ Armenian: դալլալ (dallal), դալալ (dalal)
→ Assamese: দালাল (dalal)
→ Middle Bengali: দালাল (dalal)
- Bengali: দালাল (dalal)
→ Gujarati: દલાલ (dalāl)
→ Old Hindi: दलाल (dalāla)
- Hindustani: dalāl
  Hindi: दलाल
  - → Burmese: ဒလန် (da.lan)
  - → English: dalal, dalaal, Dalal
  Urdu: دَلَال (dalāl)
→ Kannada: ದಲಾಲ (dalāla)
→ Maithili: dalāl
Tirhuta script: 𑒠𑒪𑒰𑒪

Devanagari script: दलाल
→ Malayalam: ദല്ലാലി (dallāli)
→ Marathi: दलाल (dalāl)
→ Marwari: दलाल (dalāl)
→ Odia: ଦଲାଲ (dalāla)
→ Old Punjabi: ਦਲਾਲੁ (dalālu)
- Punjabi: dalāl
  Gurmukhi script: ਦਲਾਲ
  Shahmukhi script: دَلال
→ Sindhi:
Arabic script: دَلالُ

Devanagari script: दलालु
→ Tamil: தலால் (talāl)
→ Telugu: దలాలీ (dalālī)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دَلَال (dalāl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /da.ˈlaːl/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.lɑːl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.lɑːl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.lɔːl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.lɒːl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.lɔl]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dalāl
Dari reading^?	dalāl
Iranian reading^?	dalâl
Tajik reading^?	dalol

Noun

دَلال • (dalâl)

coquetry
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 1752:
  من دلش جسته به صد ناز و دلال، او بهانه کرده با من از ملال‌.
  man del-aš joste be sad nâz o dalâl, u bahâne karde bâ man az malâl.
  I sought [to win] His heart with a hundred airs and graces, [but] He made excuses to me in disdain.