ayol

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Navajo[edit]

Noun[edit]

ayol

  1. breath
    Shiyol iishdóóh.I take a deep breath.

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Uzbek[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic аёл (ayol)
Latin ayol
Perso-Arabic

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic عِيَال (ʕiyāl) through Persian عیال. The semantic sense of “wife, woman” is not present in the original Arabic term and may be a Persian (or more likely Turkic) innovation.

Compare Azerbaijani əyal, Uyghur ئايال (ayal).

Noun[edit]

ayol (plural ayollar)

  1. woman
    Synonym: xotin
    Antonym: erkak

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