دلال
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Arabic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Root |
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د ل ل (d l l) |
9 terms |
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]دَلَال • (dalāl) m
- verbal noun of دَلَّ (dalla) (form I)
- coquetry, coquettishness
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun دَلَال (dalāl)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | دَلَال dalāl |
الدَّلَال ad-dalāl |
دَلَال dalāl |
Nominative | دَلَالٌ dalālun |
الدَّلَالُ ad-dalālu |
دَلَالُ dalālu |
Accusative | دَلَالًا dalālan |
الدَّلَالَ ad-dalāla |
دَلَالَ dalāla |
Genitive | دَلَالٍ dalālin |
الدَّلَالِ ad-dalāli |
دَلَالِ dalāli |
Etymology 2
[edit]Occupational noun from the root د ل ل (d-l-l).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]دَلَّال • (dallāl) m (plural دَلَّالُون (dallālūn))
- somebody who procures business agreements. auctioneer, broker, pimp, etc.
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun دَلَّال (dallāl)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | دَلَّال dallāl |
الدَّلَّال ad-dallāl |
دَلَّال dallāl |
Nominative | دَلَّالٌ dallālun |
الدَّلَّالُ ad-dallālu |
دَلَّالُ dallālu |
Accusative | دَلَّالًا dallālan |
الدَّلَّالَ ad-dallāla |
دَلَّالَ dallāla |
Genitive | دَلَّالٍ dallālin |
الدَّلَّالِ ad-dallāli |
دَلَّالِ dallāli |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | دَلَّالَيْن dallālayn |
الدَّلَّالَيْن ad-dallālayn |
دَلَّالَيْ dallālay |
Nominative | دَلَّالَانِ dallālāni |
الدَّلَّالَانِ ad-dallālāni |
دَلَّالَا dallālā |
Accusative | دَلَّالَيْنِ dallālayni |
الدَّلَّالَيْنِ ad-dallālayni |
دَلَّالَيْ dallālay |
Genitive | دَلَّالَيْنِ dallālayni |
الدَّلَّالَيْنِ ad-dallālayni |
دَلَّالَيْ dallālay |
Plural | sound masculine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | دَلَّالِين dallālīn |
الدَّلَّالِين ad-dallālīn |
دَلَّالِي dallālī |
Nominative | دَلَّالُونَ dallālūna |
الدَّلَّالُونَ ad-dallālūna |
دَلَّالُو dallālū |
Accusative | دَلَّالِينَ dallālīna |
الدَّلَّالِينَ ad-dallālīna |
دَلَّالِي dallālī |
Genitive | دَلَّالِينَ dallālīna |
الدَّلَّالِينَ ad-dallālīna |
دَلَّالِي dallālī |
Descendants
[edit]- → Ottoman Turkish: دلال (dellal), تلال (tellal)
- → Persian: دلال (dallâl) (see there for further descendants)
- → Portuguese: adelo
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- تلال (tellal)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic دَلّال (dallāl).
Noun
[edit]دلال • (dellal /tellal/) (feminine (only sense 3) دلاله)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دلال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 578
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دلال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 910
Persian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic دَلَّال (dallāl).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [dal.ˈlɑːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪æl.lɒ́ːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äl.lɔ́l]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | dallāl |
Dari reading? | dallāl |
Iranian reading? | dallâl |
Tajik reading? | dallol |
Noun
[edit]دَلّال • (dallâl)
- somebody who procures business agreements: auctioneer, broker, pimp, etc.
- 1177, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, “حکایت پیرزنی که به ده کلاوه ریسمان خریدار یوسف شد [The Tale of an Old Woman who Bid for Joseph with Ten Hanks of Thread]”, in منطق الطیر [The Conference of the Birds], lines 2605—2607:
- در میان جمع آمد در خروش، گفت ای دلال کنعانی فروش، ز آرزوی این پسر سر گشتهام.
- dar miyân-e jam' âmad dar xoruš, goft ey dallâl kan'âni foruš, ze ârzu-ye in pesar sar-gašte-am.
- In the middle of the throng, she came while crying, saying "O auctioneer! Sell the Canaanite [to me]; I am mad with longing for this boy."
Descendants
[edit]- → Armenian: դալլալ (dallal), դալալ (dalal)
- → Assamese: দালাল (dalal)
- → Middle Bengali: দালাল (dalal)
- Bengali: দালাল (dalal)
- → Gujarati: દલાલ (dalāl)
- → Old Hindi: दलाल (dalāla)
- → Kannada: ದಲಾಲ (dalāla)
- → Maithili: dalāl
- → Malayalam: ദല്ലാലി (dallāli)
- → Marathi: दलाल (dalāl)
- → Marwari: दलाल (dalāl)
- → Odia: ଦଲାଲ (dalāla)
- → Old Punjabi: ਦਲਾਲੁ (dalālu)
- → Sindhi:
- → Tamil: தலால் (talāl)
- → Telugu: దలాలీ (dalālī)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic دَلَال (dalāl).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [da.lɑːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪æ.lɒːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ä.lɔl]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | dalāl |
Dari reading? | dalāl |
Iranian reading? | dalâl |
Tajik reading? | dalol |
Noun
[edit]دَلال • (dalâl)
- coquetry
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 1752:
- من دلش جسته به صد ناز و دلال، او بهانه کرده با من از ملال.
- man del-aš joste be sad nâz o dalâl, u bahâne karde bâ man az malâl.
- I sought [to win] His heart with a hundred airs and graces, [but] He made excuses to me in disdain.
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- Arabic occupational nouns
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- Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Arabic
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