خلیل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic خَلِيل (ḵalīl).

Noun

خلیل • (halil)

  1. close friend

Proper noun

خلیل • (Halil)

  1. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Khalil

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “halil”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيل (ḵalīl).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xalīl
Dari reading? xalīl
Iranian reading? xalil
Tajik reading? xalil

Proper noun

خلیل • (xalīl / xalil) (Tajik spelling Халил)

  1. (Islam) short for خلیل الله (xalilo-llâh, title of the prophet Abraham)
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 263:
      چون خلیلت سبزه‌ای از آتش تر بردمید
      رخنه‌ای از کفر در اسلام و ایمان ساختی
      čūn xalīlat sabza'ē az ātaš tar bardamīd
      raxna'ē az kufr dar islām u īmān sāxtī
      Like Abraham, your new mustache blossoms fresh from the fire [of your red cheeks];
      You have made a crack of [black] disbelief in the [smooth cheeks of] Islam and faith.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. (archaic) alternative form of الخلیل (alxalil, “Hebron”)
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 105:
      هر جا که یار کعبه جانها مقام اوست
      بگذار طواف قدس خلیل و مدینه را
      har jā ki yār ka'ba-yi jānhā maqām-i ō-st
      bigzār tawāf quds xalīl u madīna rā
      Wherever the beloved is, her place is the Kaaba of souls;
      Put aside the circumambulation of Jerusalem, Hebron, and Medina.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  3. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Khalil

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