فال
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَأْل (faʔl, “good omen”).
Noun
فال • (fal) (definite accusative فالی (falı), plural افول (eful))
- omen, portent, augury, something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future
- Synonym: اوغور (uğur)
- fortune-telling, divination, the act or practise of predicting the future, prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature
- Synonym: كهانت (kehânet)
Derived terms
- بد فال (bed fal, “evil omen”)
- فال آتمق (fal atmak, “to tell fortune”)
- فال آچمق (fal açmak, “to tell fortune”)
- فال آچیجی (fal açıcı, “fortune-teller”)
- فال باقمق (fal bakmak, “to tell fortune”)
- فال دیكمك (fal dikmek, “to seek an indication of one's fortune”)
- فال طاشی (fal taşı, “pebble used in augury”)
- فال طوتمق (fal tutmak, “to take an omen”)
- فالجی (falcı, “fortune-teller”)
- فالزن (falzen, “fortune-teller”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “فال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 397
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fal2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1542
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “فال”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 338b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 883
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Omen”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 1201
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “فال”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 3457
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1361
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَأْل (faʔl).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈfaːl/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fɑːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fɒːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fɔl]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | fāl |
| Dari reading? | fāl |
| Iranian reading? | fâl |
| Tajik reading? | fol |
Noun
فال • (fâl) (plural فالها)
Derived terms
- فال گرفتن (fâl gereftan)
- فالگیر (fâlgir)