xâla

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		خاله

Alternative forms

• xâlə

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَالَه (xāla), from Arabic خَالَة (ḵāla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χaːla/

Dialectal forms

• (Ahmadabad, Kharrab, Mehrzamin, Mujan, Qarah Su, Seft) IPA^(key): [χala]
• (Bagh-e Yek, Mujan, Shah Qoli) IPA^(key): [χɔ̞ːla]
• (Borzabad, Sarband) IPA^(key): [χɑlɒ]
• (Darestan, Varnavaj, Varsan) IPA^(key): [χɔ̞ːlɑ]
• (Chahak, Feyzabad, Zarnusheh) IPA^(key): [χɑla]
• (Chahak, Sadabad, Talkh Ab) IPA^(key): [χɑːla]
• (Kacha-ye Chahardeh, Safarabad, Sorkh Deh) IPA^(key): [χalɑ]
• (Khaltabad) IPA^(key): [χɑlɑ]
• (Kharrab) IPA^(key): [χaˑla], [χɑˑla]
• (Mushakiyeh) IPA^(key): [χɒla]
• (Sefid Ab) IPA^(key): [χɔ̞ːlɒ]

Noun

xâla (definite accusative xâlañ, plural xâlalar)

1. maternal aunt

Declension

Declension of xâla

	singular	plural
nominative	xâla	xâlalar
genitive	xâlañ	xâlalarııñ
dative	xâlaqa	xâlalarqa
definite accusative	xâlañ	xâlaları
locative	xâlaça	xâlalarça
ablative	xâlada	xâlalarda
instrumental	xâlala	xâlalarla
equative	xâlavâra	xâlalarvâra

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN