قال

• IPA^(key): /qaː.la/

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  • (Egypt) IPA^(key): /ʔaːl/
  • (Iraq) IPA^(key): /ɡaːl/
  • (Morocco) IPA^(key): /qaːl/

قَالَ • (qāla) I (non-past يَقُولُ (yaqūlu), verbal noun قَوْل (qawl) or مَقَال (maqāl) or مَقَالَة (maqāla))

1. to say
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:131:

     إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ أَسْلِمْ ۖ قَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

     ʔiḏ qāla lahu rabbuhu ʔaslim qāla ʔaslamtu lirabbi l-ʕālamīna

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     his Lord said to him: "Bow (thy will to Me):" He said: "I bow (my will) to the Lord and Cherisher of the Universe."

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 14:35:

     وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هَٰذَا الْبَلَدَ آمِنًا وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَامَ

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     And when Abraham said, “My Lord, make this land safe, and spare me and my children from worshiping idols.”

   • 1955, “(Please provide the song title)”, Mahmoud El-Sherif (lyrics), Abdalla Shams El-Din (music)‎^{[[[w:Allahu Akbar (anthem)|Allahu Akbar]]]}:

     قولوا معي قولوا معي
     الله الله الله أكبر

     Say with me! Say with me!
     God, God, God is great!

2. to call (by name)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:154:

     وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَن يُقْتَلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتٌ ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَشْعُرُونَ

     walā taqūlū liman yuqtalu fī sabīli l-lahi ʔamwātunbal ʔaḥyāʔun walākin lā tašʕurūna

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   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:60:

     قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا فَتًى يَذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ

     qālū samiʕnā fatan yaḏkuruhum yuqālu lahu ʔibrāhīmu

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3. to tell
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:30:

     قُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ

     qul lilmuʔminīna yaḡuḍḍū min ʔabṣārihim

     Tell the believing men to lower their gaze,...

4. to advocate, to propound, to root, to stand up for, to support [with بِ (bi)]
   • 1913, “النباتات الأهلية وفوائدها الطبية”, in المقتطف, volume 44, number 6 (حزيران), Cairo: Al-Muktataf Printing Office, حديث عن اللبن الرائب, page 593:

     ويقول الأوروبيون بنوع خصوصي على الكفير وهو كذلك لبن شرقي يحضر في القوقاس بتخمير حليب البقر بخميرة خصوصية تباع في الصيدلات في أوروبا ومصر كتلا جامدة مرنة جلاتينية بيضاء مصفرة مستديرة أو مخروطية بحجم الحمصة. […]

     The Europeans advocate for a particular kind [of yoghurt] in consideration of kefir and it is likewise an Eastern milk afforded in the Caucasus by acidifying cow’s milk with particular yeast, sold in pharmacies in Europe and Egypt in congealed heaps, elastic, gelatineous, round or conic like a chickpea.

• قَوْل (qawl)
• قِيل (qīl)
• قَوَّال (qawwāl)

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قول”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /qaː.la/

قَالَ • (qāla) I (non-past يَقِيلُ (yaqīlu), verbal noun قَيْل (qayl) or قَيْلُولَة (qaylūla))

1. To nap.
2. To do something at noon.
3. To cancel a contract or a promise.

From Arabic قَالَ (qāla).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaːl/, [ˈʔæːl]

قال • (ʔāl) I (non-past يقول (yiʔūl))

1. to say

From Arabic قَالَ (qāla).

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːl/

قال • (gāl) I (non-past يِقُول (yigūl))

1. to say

From Arabic قَالَ (qāla).

• IPA^(key): /qaːl/

قال • (qāl) I (non-past يقول (yqūl))

1. to say

Inherited from Arabic قَالَ (qāla).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaːl/ [ʔæːl]
• (regional, Lebanon) IPA^(key): /ʔeːl/
• (Druze, coastal Syria) IPA^(key): /qaːl/

قال • (ʔāl) I (non-past يقول (yʔūl), active participle قايل (ʔāyil))

1. (transitive) to say
2. to tell [with ـلـ (-l-, + object ‘someone’)]
3. to say to oneself, say in one's head

   عم ضل قول شو هالريحة بس ما بسترجي إحكيها ع صوت عالي

   ʕam ḍall ʔūl šū har-rīḥa bas ma bistarji ʔiḥkíya ʕa ṣōt ʕāli

   I keep saying to myself, what's that smell?, but I don't have the guts to say it out loud

   1. to figure, intend

      قالولنا إنهن اليوم رح يقطعوا المي قلت لخبرك

      ʔālūlna ʔinnun l-yōm raḥ yiʔṭaʕu l-ṃayy ʔilt la ḵabbrak

      They told us that they were going to shut off the water today, I figured I'd tell you

      (literally, “I said [to myself] I should tell you”)

      سمعنا ضجة قلنا منجي منطل

      smiʕna ḍajje ʔilna mniji minṭull

      We heard a ruckus, we figured we'd come see what was going on

      (literally, “we said [to ourselves] we'd come check”)

   2. to believe, reckon, have a hunch

      شو؟ طلعوا معك مفاتيحي؟ ايه عم قول!

      šū? ṭilʕu maʕik mfātīḥi? ʔē ʕam ʔūl!

      Huh? It turned out my keys were with you? I knew it!

      (literally, “I've been saying [to myself]!”)

• When construed with ـلـ (-l-, “to”), the nonpast stem قُولِيلـ (-ʔūlīl-, second-person feminine) has the alternative form قِيلِيلـ (-ʔīlīl-), where the stem vowel assimilates to the suffixed -ī-.

قال • (ʔāl)

1. apparently, supposedly, reportedly, allegedly

Vulgarized form of Arabic قِلْي (qily, “ash, potash”).

قال • (kal) (definite accusative قالی (kalı), plural قاللر (kallar))

1. (metallurgy) smelting, the process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a desired metal from its ore

   Synonym: اذابه (izâbe)

2. (metallurgy) refinement, cupellation, the process of purifying an impure metal using very high temperatures

• Turkish: kal

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

قال • (kal) (definite accusative قالی (kalı), plural قاللر (kallar))

1. speech, address, discourse, a series of words spoken one after the other to express a thought

   Synonyms: سوز (söz), لاف (laf)

• Turkish: kal

From Arabic قَالَ (qāla).

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔaːl/, [ʔæːl]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡaːl/, [ɡæːl]

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قال • (ʔāl) I (present بقول (biʔūl))

1. (transitive) to say

   Synonym: حكى (ḥaka)

   شو بتقول إمّك؟ ― šū bitʔūl ʔimmak? ― What does your mother say?

2. (ditransitive, by extension) to tell

   قلتلّه بدّيش اروح. ― ʔoltillo biddīš arūḥ ― I told him I don't want to go.

• When the conjugation ends in a consonant cluster, the indirect-object marker ـلـ (-l-) is geminated, causing the stress to shift; additionally, the long vowel is reduced to a short vowel. However, this effect takes place as well simply when the indirect-object marker is attached immediately after the final ل of the term.

  شو عم بتقول؟ ― šū ʕam bitʔūl? ― What are you saying?

  شو عم بتقلّي؟ ― šū ʕam bitʔolli? ― What are you saying to me?

  شو قلتلّي؟ ― šū ʔoltilli? ― What did you say to me?

From Arabic قَالَ (qāla).

• IPA^(key): /qaːl/

قال (qāl) I (non-past يقول (yqūl))

1. to say
2. to tell