دل
Arabic
Etymology
From the root د ل ل (d-l-l).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dal.la/
Verb
دَلَّ • (dalla) I, non-past يَدُلُّ (yadullu)
- to show, to indicate, to direct
- [+ على] to be evidence of, to be proof of, to attest to, to demonstrate, to establish, to substantiate
- [+ على] to denote, to designate, to signify, to suggest
Conjugation
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر | دَلَالَة dalāla | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | دَالّ dāll | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول | مَدْلُول madlūl | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | دَلَلْتُ dalaltu | دَلَلْتَ dalalta | دَلَّ dalla | دَلَلْتُمَا dalaltumā | دَلَّا dallā | دَلَلْنَا dalalnā | دَلَلْتُمْ dalaltum | دَلُّوا dallū | |||
f | دَلَلْتِ dalalti | دَلَّتْ dallat | دَلَّتَا dallatā | دَلَلْتُنَّ dalaltunna | دَلَلْنَ dalalna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أَدُلُّ ʾadullu | تَدُلُّ tadullu | يَدُلُّ yadullu | تَدُلَّانِ tadullāni | يَدُلَّانِ yadullāni | نَدُلُّ nadullu | تَدُلُّونَ tadullūna | يَدُلُّونَ yadullūna | |||
f | تَدُلِّينَ tadullīna | تَدُلُّ tadullu | تَدُلَّانِ tadullāni | تَدْلُلْنَ tadlulna | يَدْلُلْنَ yadlulna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أَدُلَّ ʾadulla | تَدُلَّ tadulla | يَدُلَّ yadulla | تَدُلَّا tadullā | يَدُلَّا yadullā | نَدُلَّ nadulla | تَدُلُّوا tadullū | يَدُلُّوا yadullū | |||
f | تَدُلِّي tadullī | تَدُلَّ tadulla | تَدُلَّا tadullā | تَدْلُلْنَ tadlulna | يَدْلُلْنَ yadlulna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أَدُلَّ or أَدُلِّ or أَدْلُلْ ʾadulla or ʾadulli or ʾadlul | تَدُلَّ or تَدُلِّ or تَدْلُلْ tadulla or tadulli or tadlul | يَدُلَّ or يَدُلِّ or يَدْلُلْ yadulla or yadulli or yadlul | تَدُلَّا tadullā | يَدُلَّا yadullā | نَدُلَّ or نَدُلِّ or نَدْلُلْ nadulla or nadulli or nadlul | تَدُلُّوا tadullū | يَدُلُّوا yadullū | |||
f | تَدُلِّي tadullī | تَدُلَّ or تَدُلِّ or تَدْلُلْ tadulla or tadulli or tadlul | تَدُلَّا tadullā | تَدْلُلْنَ tadlulna | يَدْلُلْنَ yadlulna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر | m | دُلَّ or دُلِّ or اُدْلُلْ dulla or dulli or udlul | دُلَّا dullā | دُلُّوا dullū | ||||||||
f | دُلِّي dullī | اُدْلُلْنَ udlulna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | دُلِلْتُ duliltu | دُلِلْتَ dulilta | دُلَّ dulla | دُلِلْتُمَا duliltumā | دُلَّا dullā | دُلِلْنَا dulilnā | دُلِلْتُمْ duliltum | دُلُّوا dullū | |||
f | دُلِلْتِ dulilti | دُلَّتْ dullat | دُلَّتَا dullatā | دُلِلْتُنَّ duliltunna | دُلِلْنَ dulilna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُدَلُّ ʾudallu | تُدَلُّ tudallu | يُدَلُّ yudallu | تُدَلَّانِ tudallāni | يُدَلَّانِ yudallāni | نُدَلُّ nudallu | تُدَلُّونَ tudallūna | يُدَلُّونَ yudallūna | |||
f | تُدَلِّينَ tudallīna | تُدَلُّ tudallu | تُدَلَّانِ tudallāni | تُدْلَلْنَ tudlalna | يُدْلَلْنَ yudlalna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُدَلَّ ʾudalla | تُدَلَّ tudalla | يُدَلَّ yudalla | تُدَلَّا tudallā | يُدَلَّا yudallā | نُدَلَّ nudalla | تُدَلُّوا tudallū | يُدَلُّوا yudallū | |||
f | تُدَلِّي tudallī | تُدَلَّ tudalla | تُدَلَّا tudallā | تُدْلَلْنَ tudlalna | يُدْلَلْنَ yudlalna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُدَلَّ or أُدَلِّ or أُدْلَلْ ʾudalla or ʾudalli or ʾudlal | تُدَلَّ or تُدَلِّ or تُدْلَلْ tudalla or tudalli or tudlal | يُدَلَّ or يُدَلِّ or يُدْلَلْ yudalla or yudalli or yudlal | تُدَلَّا tudallā | يُدَلَّا yudallā | نُدَلَّ or نُدَلِّ or نُدْلَلْ nudalla or nudalli or nudlal | تُدَلُّوا tudallū | يُدَلُّوا yudallū | |||
f | تُدَلِّي tudallī | تُدَلَّ or تُدَلِّ or تُدْلَلْ tudalla or tudalli or tudlal | تُدَلَّا tudallā | تُدْلَلْنَ tudlalna | يُدْلَلْنَ yudlalna |
Baluchi
Etymology
From Classical Persian دل (dil), from Proto-Iranian *jŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.
Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 (zərəd), old Mazanderani زیله (zila) Sanskrit हृदय (hṛdaya), Armenian սիրտ (sirt), and English heart.
Doublet of زرد, which was inherited.
Noun
دل • (dil)
- (anatomy) heart
- Synonym: زرد (zird)
Derived terms
- دلبر (dilbar, “sweetheart, beloved”)
- دلکهر (dilkahr, “heartbroken”)
- زندهدل (zinda-dil, “lively”)
- شیردل (šérdel, “brave”)
Gujarati
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil) or Urdu دل (dil), itself from Persian, both from Proto-Iranian *jŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam.
Noun
دل • (dil) n (Standard Gujarati દિલ)
- (Lisan ud-Dawat) heart
- Synonyms: ھيّوں (haiyũ), ھردہ (hirdā), قلب (qalb), فؤاد (fuwād)
Laki
Noun
دل (dil)
- heart
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *til, *tïl (“tongue; language”).
Alternative forms
- دیل (dil)
Noun
دل • (dil)
- tongue (organ)
- anything shaped like a tongue
- (geography) spit, promontory
- tenon
- tongue (language)
- a prisoner taken to gain information
Derived terms
- دل باغی (dil bağı, “frenulum”)
- دل بالغی (dil balığı, “kind of flatfish”)
- دلجك (dilcik, “clitoris”)
Descendants
- Turkish: dil
Etymology 2
From Persian دل (dil).
Noun
دل • (dil)
- heart (organ)
- Synonyms: یورك (yürek), قلب (kalb)
- (figurative) heart, courage; mind, feelings
- Synonym: گوڭل (göñül)
Descendants
- Turkish: dil
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “دل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 600
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “dil1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “dil2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “دل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 910
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭩𐭫 (dyl /dil/), from Proto-Iranian *jŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr; with a regular phonetic shift *ȷ́ŕ̥d- > *dŕ̥d > *dŕ̥l > dil. For the phonetic change, compare گل (gol) and سالار (sâlâr).
Cognates with Parthian 𐫉𐫏𐫡𐫅 (zyrd /zirδ/), Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 (zərəd), old Mazanderani زیله (zila), Northern Kurdish dil, Sanskrit हृदय (hṛdaya), Armenian սիրտ (sirt), and English heart.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /dil/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /dɪl/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /del/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /dil/
Noun
Dari | دل |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | дил (dil) |
دل • (del) (plural دلها (del-hâ))
- (original sense, now less common) heart
- Synonym: (now more common) قلب (qalb)
- (now common) stomach
- دلم درد میکند ― del-am dard mi-konad ― I have a stomachache
- mind; (figurative) the heart (as the seat of emotion)
- دلم شکست ― del-am šekast ― my heart is broken
- courage
Derived terms
- دلبر (delbar)
- همدل (hamdel)
- اهل دل (ahl-e del)
- دلباخته (delbâxte)
- بزدل (bozdel)
- شیردل (širdel)
- دلسوز (delsuz)
- دلتنگ (deltang)
- دل دادن (del dādan)
- دلداده (deldāde)
- دلدار (deldār)
- دلاور (delâvar)
- دلیر (dalir)
Borrowed terms
- → Judeo-Tat: дуьл (dyl)
- → Azerbaijani: dil
- → Middle Bengali: দেল (dela)
- Bengali: দিল (dil)
- → Gujarati: દિલ (dil)
- Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati: دل (dil)
- → Old Hindi: दिल (dila)
- Hindustani: dil
- Hindi: दिल
- Urdu: دِل
- Hindustani: dil
- → Maithili: dil
- Devanagari: दिल
- Tirhuta: 𑒠𑒱𑒪
- → Marathi: दिल (dil)
- → Marwari: दिल (dil)
- → Nepali: दिल (dil)
- → Oriya: ଦିଲ (dilô)
- → Old Punjabi: ਦਿਲੁ (dilu)
- Punjabi: dil
- Gurmukhi: ਦਿਲ
- Shahmukhi: دِل
- Punjabi: dil
- → Ottoman Turkish: دل
- Turkish: dil
- → Sindhi:
- Arabic: دِلُ
- Devanagari: दिलु
- → Yagnobi: дил (dil)
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil). First attested as Old Punjabi ਦਿਲੁ (dilu).
Noun
دِل • (dil) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਿਲ)
- heart
- mind
- soul
- spirit, valor
- courage
Declension
Declension of دل | ||
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dir. sg. | دِل (dil) | |
dir. pl. | دِل (dil) | |
singular | plural | |
direct | دِل (dil) | دِل (dil) |
oblique | دِل (dil) | دِلاں (dilāṉ) |
vocative | دِلا (dilā) | دِلو (dilo) |
ablative | دِلوں (diloṉ) | — |
locative | دِلے (dile) | دِلِیں (dilīṉ) |
instrumental | دِلے (dile) | دِلِیں (dilīṉ) |
South Levantine Arabic
Root |
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د ل ل |
Etymology
From Arabic دَلَّ (dalla).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dall/, [dal]
Audio (al-Lidd) (file)
Verb
دلّ • (dall) (form I, present بدلّ (bidill))
- to guide, to direct, to indicate
- Synonyms: أرشد (ʔaršad), أشر (ʔaššar)
Conjugation
Conjugation of دلّ (dall) | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | دلّيت (dallēt) | دلّيت (dallēt) | دلّ (dall) | دلّينا (dallēna) | دلّيتو (dallētu) | دلّو (dallu) | |
f | دلّيتي (dallēti) | دلّت (dallat) | ||||||
present | m | بدلّ (badill) | بتدلّ (bitdill) | بدلّ (bidill) | مندلّ (mindill) | بتدلّو (bitdillu) | بدلّو (bidillu) | |
f | بتدلّي (bitdilli) | بتدلّ (bitdill) | ||||||
subjunctive | m | ادلّ (adill) | تدلّ (tdill) | يدلّ (ydill) | ندلّ (ndill) | تدلّو (tdillu) | يدلّو (ydillu) | |
f | تدلّي (tdilli) | تدلّ (tdill) | ||||||
imperative | m | دلّ (dill) | دلّو (dillu) | |||||
f | دلّي (dilli) |
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil). First attested as Old Hindi दिल (dila).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ɪl/
- Rhymes: -ɪl
Noun
دِل • (dil) m (Hindi spelling दिल)
- heart
- Synonym: قلب (qalb)
- (figuratively) mind
- Synonyms: من (man), دماغ (dimāġ)
- (figuratively) wish
Declension
Declension of دل | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | دل (dil) | دل (dil) |
oblique | دل (dil) | دلوں (dilō̃) |
vocative | دل (dil) | دلو (dilō) |
Further reading
- “دل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “دل”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “دل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 523
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “دل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 312