خالة

خالة

See also: خاله‎, حالة‎, and چاله‎

Arabic

Noun

خَالَة • (ḵāla) f (plural خَالَات‎ (ḵālāt), masculine خَال‎ (ḵāl))

1. female equivalent of خَال‎ (ḵāl, “maternal uncle”):
   1. maternal blood aunt (one's mother's sister)

Declension

Declension of noun خَالَة (ḵāla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَالَة ḵāla	الْخَالَة‎ al-ḵāla	خَالَة ḵālat
Nominative	خَالَةٌ ḵālatun	الْخَالَةُ‎ al-ḵālatu	خَالَةُ ḵālatu
Accusative	خَالَةً ḵālatan	الْخَالَةَ‎ al-ḵālata	خَالَةَ ḵālata
Genitive	خَالَةٍ ḵālatin	الْخَالَةِ‎ al-ḵālati	خَالَةِ ḵālati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَالَتَيْن‎ ḵālatayn	الْخَالَتَيْن‎ al-ḵālatayn	خَالَتَيْ‎ ḵālatay
Nominative	خَالَتَانِ‎ ḵālatāni	الْخَالَتَانِ‎ al-ḵālatāni	خَالَتَا‎ ḵālatā
Accusative	خَالَتَيْنِ‎ ḵālatayni	الْخَالَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḵālatayni	خَالَتَيْ‎ ḵālatay
Genitive	خَالَتَيْنِ‎ ḵālatayni	الْخَالَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḵālatayni	خَالَتَيْ‎ ḵālatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَالَات‎ ḵālāt	الْخَالَات‎ al-ḵālāt	خَالَات‎ ḵālāt
Nominative	خَالَاتٌ‎ ḵālātun	الْخَالَاتُ‎ al-ḵālātu	خَالَاتُ‎ ḵālātu
Accusative	خَالَاتٍ‎ ḵālātin	الْخَالَاتِ‎ al-ḵālāti	خَالَاتِ‎ ḵālāti
Genitive	خَالَاتٍ‎ ḵālātin	الْخَالَاتِ‎ al-ḵālāti	خَالَاتِ‎ ḵālāti

Descendants

• → Bengali: খালা (khala)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خاله‎ (hala)
  • Turkish: hala
  • → Albanian: hallë
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: хала

    Latin: hala

• → Persian: خاله‎ (xâle)

References

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995), “خالة”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ و ل‎

Etymology

From Arabic خَالَة‎ (ḵāla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaː.le/, [ˈxæː.le]
• IPA^(key): /xaː.la/, [ˈxæː.la]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

خالة • (ḵāle) f (plural خالات‎ (ḵālāt), masculine خال‎ (ḵāl))

1. maternal aunt (mother's sister)

   Endearing form: خالتو‎ (ḵālto)

See also

• عمّة‎ (ʕamme, “paternal aunt”)