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دل

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Arabic

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Root
د ل ل (d l l)
9 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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دَلَّ (dalla) I (non-past يَدُلُّ (yadullu), verbal noun دَلَالَة (dalāla))

  1. to show, to indicate, to direct
    الكتاب المقدس يدلُّنا على الطريق الصحيح.
    The Bible shows/directs us to the right path.
  2. [+ على] to be evidence of, to be proof of, to attest to, to demonstrate, to establish, to substantiate
  3. [+ على] to denote, to designate, to signify, to suggest
    لا شكلي ولا كلامي يَدُلّان على أنّي من الطبقة العُلْيا.
    Neither my way nor my speech show that I am from the upper class.

Conjugation

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Baluchi

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Etymology

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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

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دل (dil)

  1. (anatomy) heart
    Synonym: زرد (zird)

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Gujarati

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Noun

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دل (diln (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. Arabic spelling of દિલ (dil)
    Synonyms: ھيّوں (haiyũ), ھردہ (hirdā), قلب (qalb), فؤاد (fuwād)

Laki

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Noun

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دل (dil)

  1. heart

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *til (tongue; language).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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دل (dil)

  1. tongue (organ)
  2. anything shaped like a tongue
    1. (geography) spit, promontory
    2. tenon
  3. tongue (language)
  4. a prisoner taken to gain information
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Turkish: dil

Etymology 2

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From Classical Persian دل (dil).

Noun

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دل (dil)

  1. heart (organ)
    Synonyms: یورك (yürek), قلب (kalb)
  2. (figurative) heart, courage; mind, feelings
    Synonym: گوڭل (göñül)
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References

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

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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), Pashto زړه (zrë,zra) and English heart.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? dil
Dari reading? dil
Iranian reading? del
Tajik reading? dil
  • Audio (Dari):(file)
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Noun

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Dari دل
Iranian Persian
Tajik дил

دِل (del) (plural دل‌ها (del-hâ))

  1. (original sense, now less common) heart
    Synonym: (now more common) قلب (qalb)
  2. (now common) stomach
    دلم درد می‌کندdel-am dard mi-konadI have a stomachache
  3. mind; (figurative) the heart (as the seat of emotion)
    دلم شکستdel-am šekastmy heart is broken
  4. courage

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Descendants

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil). First attested as Old Punjabi ਦਿਲੁ (dilu).

Noun

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دِل (dilm (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਿਲ)

  1. heart
  2. mind
  3. soul
  4. spirit, valor
  5. courage

Declension

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Declension of دل
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) دِلاں (dilāṉ)
locative دِلے (dile) دِلِیں (dilīṉ)
instrumental دِلوں (diloṉ)

Sindhi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil).

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Noun

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دِلِ (dilif (Devanagari दिलि)

  1. heart
  2. courage
  3. desire

References

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  • Khānu, Balocu (19601988) “دِلِ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
د ل ل
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic دَلَّ (dalla).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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دلّ (dall) I (present بدلّ (bidill))

  1. to guide, to direct, to indicate
    Synonyms: أرشد (ʔaršad), أشر (ʔaššar)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of دلّ (dall)
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

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil). First attested in c. 1265 as Old Hindi دل (dl) and later as Middle Hindi دل (dl).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    دِل (dilm (Hindi spelling दिल)

    1. (anatomy) heart
      Synonym: قلب (qalb)
    2. mind; conscience
      Synonyms: من (man), دماغ (dimāġ)
    3. mind; imagination
    4. attention
    5. (figuratively) wish

    Declension

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        Declension of دل
    singular plural
    direct دل (dil) دل (dil)
    oblique دل (dil) دلوں (dilõ)
    vocative دل (dil) دلو (dilo)

    References

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    1. ^ دل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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