عیال

Persian

Alternative forms

• یال (yāl / yâl)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِيَال (ʕiyāl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔi.ˈjɑːl], [ʔa.ˈjɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɑ́ːl], [ʔä.jɑ́ːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɑ́ːl], [ʔä.jɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɑ́ːl], [ʔä.jɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɔ́ːl̥], [ʔä.jɔ́ːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɒ́ːl̥], [ʔæ.jɒ́ːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.jɔ́l], [ʔä.jɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading?	iyāl, ayāl
Dari reading?	iyāl, ayāl
Iranian reading?	iyâl, eyâl
Tajik reading?	iyol, ayol

Noun

عیال • (iyāl / iyâl or ayāl / eyâl)

1. plural of عیل (ayyil / eyyel, “wife, offspring”), wife (and offspring), household, family

   Synonyms: خاندان (xândân), فامیل (fâmil), عائله (â'ele)

   عیالش را طلاق داد.

   iyâlaš râ talâq dâd.

   He divorced his wife.

   او ده سر عیال دارد.

   u dah sar iyâl dârad.

   He has a family of ten members.

   • 13th century, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, پندنامه [Pandnāma]‎^[1]:

     آدمی را چار چیز آرد شکست
     با تو گویم گوش دار ای حق‌پرست
     دشمن بسیار و وام بی‌شمار
     شغل بی‌حد و عیال بی‌قطار

     ādamē rā čār čīz ārad šikast
     bā tu gōyam gōš dār ay haq-parast
     dušman-i bisyār u wām-i bēšumār
     šuğl-i bēhadd u iyāl-i bēqitār

     Four things bring destruction upon men
     O' truthseeker, I will tell you, so listen
     Many enemies and countless loans
     Limitless work and dysfunctional families

Derived terms

• عیالوار (iyālwār / iyâlvâr, “having a (large) family”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: əyal (“wife; family”)
• → Kazakh: әйел (äiel, “woman; wife”)
• → Turkmen: aýal (“(married) woman; wife”)
• → Uyghur: ئايال (ayal, “woman; wife”)
• → Uzbek: ayol (“woman”)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عیال”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Mo'in, Mohammad (1972) “عیال”, in Moeen Encyclopedic Dictionary [فرهنگ معین] (in Persian), Tehran: Amirkabir
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “عیال”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press