Arabic

Verb

حَالَ • ‎(ḥāla) I, non-past يَحُولُ‎ (yaḥūlu)

1. to change, to be transformed
2. to shift, to turn, to pass, (transitive or with إِلَى ‎(ʾilā)) to grow into, (with إِلَى ‎(ʾilā)) to become
3. to deviate, to depart, to dodge, to evade (with عَنْ ‎(ʿan))
4. to elapse, to pass, to go by

Conjugation

References

• Wehr, Hans (1976), “حال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حال”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Verb

حَالَ • ‎(ḥāla) I, non-past يَحُولُ‎ (yaḥūlu)

1. to prevent (with دُونَ ‎(dūna))
2. to intervene, to interfere, to interpose

Conjugation

References

• Wehr, Hans (1976), “حال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Etymology 2

Noun

حَال • ‎(ḥāl) m, f ‎(plural أَحْوَال ‎(ʾaḥwāl))

1. condition, state, situation
2. position, status
3. attitude, bearing, posture
4. circumstance
5. case
6. present, actuality
7. matter, affair, concern

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: հալ ‎(hal)
  • Armenian: հալ ‎(hal)
• Ottoman Turkish: حال
  • Turkish: hâl, hal
• Persian: حال ‎(hâl)

Etymology 3

Preposition

حَالَ • ‎(ḥāla)

1. during, right after, immediately upon

Inflection

Persian

Noun

حال • ‎(hâl)

1. condition
2. state
3. health

Related terms

• حالت ‎(hâlat)