تخیل

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

تخیل • (tahıl)

1. Alternative spelling of تاخل

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَخَيُّل (taḵayyul).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.xaj.ˈjul]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.xäj.jʊ́l]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.xäj.jʊ́l]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.xäj.jʊ́l]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.xäj.júl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪̪ʰæ.xæj.jól̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.χäj.júl]

Readings
Classical reading?	taxayyul
Iranian reading?	taxayyól
Tajik reading?	taxayyul

Noun

تخیل • (taxayyol)

1. imagination

Derived terms

• تخیلی (taxayyoli)

 

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تخیل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَخَیُّل (taxayyul), from Arabic تَخَيُّل (taḵayyul).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.xəj.jʊl/
• Rhymes: -ʊl

Noun

تَخَیُّل • (taxayyul) m (Hindi spelling तख़य्युल)

1. imagination, thought, imagery, idea

References

• “تخیل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تخیل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.